novel The King of Elfland's Daughter shares many similarities with the story. Louis MacNeice wrote a radio play, The Dark Tower, based on the Childe Rowland story. The play was first broadcast on the BBC Home Service (now Radio 4) on 26 January 1946. The original music was composed by Benjamin Britten. Alan Garner drew heavily on the tale for his novel Elidor (1965), using it as the start of his story. Andre Norton retold the fairy tale in her novel Warlock of the Witch World (1967). English folk singer Martin Carthy used an adaptation of the tale for the basis of his song Jack Rowland, which appeared on his 1982 album Out of the Cut. Terry Pratchett's The Wee Free Men (2003) introduces a character named Roland de Chumsfanleigh, who is kidnapped by the Queen of the Elves. In subsequent culture The story of Childe Roland is given prominence in Harper Lee's second book, Go Set a Watchman, in which 26-year-old "Scout" seeks to understand a Victorian scholar, her Uncle Jack, regarding the South's status in the 1950s. See also Tam Lin Thomas the Rhymer References Bibliography Ferlinghetti, Lawrence (2008). A Coney Island of the Mind (50th Anniversary Edition). New Directions. . External links English fairy tales Legendary English people