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Robert Inglis (1933〔) is an actor, writer, journalist, critic and producer who has primarily worked in Australia and England. He is the narrator of the unabridged audiobook editions of J. R. R. Tolkien's ''The Lord of the Rings'' and ''The Hobbit''. ==Life and career== Inglis was born in Australia but has lived and worked in England for many years. As of 2012, he lives in Somers Town, a district in central London.〔 His plays include ''Voyage of the Endeavour'' (1965), based on the journal of Captain James Cook; ''Canterbury Tales'' (1968), dramatised readings from Chaucer; ''Erf'' (1971), a one-actor play about the twenty-first century; ''A Rum Do'' (1970), a musical based on the governorship of Lachlan Macquarie; and ''Men Who Shaped Australia, for Better or for Worse'' (1968), a one-actor play dealing with significant historical figures. His more recent works include a play about Lisa Pontecorvo, the daughter of geneticist Guido Pontecorvo, it played in small theatres and community centres around England in 2010 and 2011. In 2012, he was awarded a £16,000 Arts Council grant to write ''Regent's Canal, a Folk Opera'', a musical that celebrates the 200th anniversary of the digging of the eight-mile Regent's Canal. He has adapted works to stage for one-man performances of ''A Christmas Carol'' (1983), and ''Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'', for which Inglis was called "one of the wonders of the Fringe." He has also adapted Chaucer, Shakespeare, Tolkien and Orwell to one act performances. Inglis has appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Court Theatre, playing characters such as the Ghost and Claudius in ''Hamlet'' and Mr. Bumble in ''Oliver!''.〔 Inglis' TV appearances including as Ned Kelly in "The Stringybark Massacre" (short, 1968); as Chief sub in ''Play for Today'' (TV series, 1978/79); as Professor Doom in ''Wizbit'' (TV series, 1986); as Alan Clark in ''Casualty'' (TV series, 2002). Inglis has narrated audiobooks by Tolkien (described below), and the first three books by Ursula K. Le Guin in the Earthsea Cycle. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rob Inglis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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