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Gormenghast

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  3w, 8m, 1girl(s), 2any gender (adult)

John Constable, Mervyn Peake

Gormenghast
by Mervyn Peake
Stage adaptation by John Constable

"A gloriously impossible realisation of Mervyn Peake's soaring flight of fancy" - Guardian

In a world bound by iron laws and dead rituals, two young men are struggling to make their way: Steerpike, the renegade kitchen-boy who sedu…

Gormenghast

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 8m, 1girl(s), 2any gender (adult)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Fantasy

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Summary
In a world bound by iron laws and dead rituals, two young men are struggling to make their way: Steerpike, the renegade kitchen-boy who seduces and murders his way up the social ladder, and Titus Groan, heir to Gormenghast, who comes to threaten its very existence. John Constable famously "pulled off the impossible" (The Times) with his stage adaptation of Mervyn Peake's legendary Gormenghast trilogy. Commissioned and produced by the David Glass Ensemble, this gruesome, gothic drama has since become a landmark in the history of adaptation for the stage.
Cast Attributes
Chorus, the voices of Gormenghast.
Countess Gertrude, Countess of Groan; mother of Titus.
Barquentine, master of ritual.
Sepulchrave, 76th Earl of Groan, father of Titus.
Dr Prunesquallor, Physician to the House of Groan.
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  • Setting Various simple settings

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"A gloriously impossible realisation of Mervyn Peake's soaring flight of fancy" - Guardian

"...it combines the surreal elements of Monty Python, Reeves and Mortimer and the Rocky Horror Show with the tragedy of Shakespeare" - Chronicle Live

"...bucket loads of charm, romance and a real sense of fantasy." - Evening Standard

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John Constable

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Mervyn Peake

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