Gormenghast

There is only one Mervyn Peake. An outstanding painter, illustrator, poet, novelist and playwright, Peake is now solidly part of the British literary canon. He was voted one of the 50 best British writers since 1945 in a recent London Times critics' poll. Actress Sophie Thompson, 51, has been in EastEnders and ITV series Lightfields. She's won an Olivier award and played Mafalda in Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows. Her sister is Emma Thompson and mum, actress Phyllida Law. She guest stars in the new What makes a good wife? Four black exercise books, abandoned in a cardboard box for nearly 30 years, suggest an answer. Devotion shapes the pages of a handwritten story created in memory of a husband whose brutal mental decline tested every ounce of her Murder and madness, seduction and tragedy and a superlatively luscious cast make gormenghast the top draw on the tube this weekend. The BBC adaptation of Mervyn Peake's fantastic trilogy airs on Space Ch. 39 at 7 p.m. tomorrow and Monday. But you don't Today is July the Ninth. Today is the birthday of Mervyn Peake, author of The gormenghast Trilogy and other works. But, even though Peake has been dead for 44 years, he's partly to blame for the several pairs of black-and-gray striped socks I own. Sedos presents gormenghast, by Mervyn Peake, adapted for the stage by John Constable, directed by Andy Marchant, at the Bridewell Theatre, in city of London, from 26 FEb to 2 March 2013. What happens when the immovable object of iron clad tradition and .

It should come as no surprise that the BBC gets so much of Gormenghast wrong. The work of illustrator, poet and novelist Mervyn Peake has been undervalued and misunderstood for more than half a century. Writing during and after World War II (Titus Groan Welcome to Daily TWiP, your daily dose of all the holidays and history we couldn’t cram into The Week in Preview. Today (July 9th) we celebrate the birth anniversary of English writer and illustrator Mervyn Peake, best known for penning the Gormenghast The four-hour fantasy ''Gormenghast'' arrived on the BBC last year alongside huge hype, a merchandising campaign hawking earrings and cuff links, and newspaper articles pointing out that Sting's daughter Fuchsia and his racehorse Steerpike were named after Young Titus Groan is talking about the strange imaginary kingdom of Gormenghast, of which he is the 77th earl. He also could be talking about the lavish, bizarre and stupefying miniseries Gormenghast. Rarely has a hero been left so adrift in storytelling .

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