Bitter dispute: new play to tell epic tale of Hobbit pub's battle with Hollywood
Ian McKellen throws his wand behind underdog in dramatisation of themed pub's legal threat from Middle-earth Enterprises It is the nail-biting, crowdpleasing story of a plucky everyday hero encountering a mighty empire. Now, in a double dose of life imitating art, a new play is to tell how the Tolkien-themed Hobbit pub in Southampton clashed with a Hollywood film company over copyright infringement. Samuel Hodges, di…