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is assuredly Titus Groan, did not call him so by name"; however, adding the name Titus was one of the specific changes that Peake made between writing and publishing his novella. The correct text has recently become available again in an anthology entitled
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heralded it as a "Must See" saying the production was "Dark, haunting and uniquely inventive... Curious Directive’s adaptation of Mervyn Peake's story is nothing short of phenomenal".
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Morgan, Edwin (1 January 1960). "The Walls of Gormenghast: An Introduction to the Novels of Mervyn Peake".
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and a preface by Peake's son Sebastian, as well as Maeve Gilmore's uncorrected introduction from 1976.
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as a "very different" piece, "a nouvelle, a sinister epic incident, a reflection in miniature of
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of Gormenghast, he escapes the ancient castle and encounters the nightmare world outside.
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was again adapted and performed for the stage by Gareth Murphy and produced by the
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reviewer called it "completely hair-raising". Edwin Morgan referred to
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Index


Mervyn Peake
P. J. Lynch
Horror
Eyre & Spottiswoode
ISBN
0-340-68323-6
OCLC
59632014
novella
Mervyn Peake
Eyre & Spottiswoode
William Golding
John Wyndham
Allison & Busby
Michael Moorcock
Maeve Gilmore
Joanne Harris
Glasgow Herald
Titus Alone
Gormenghast series
Titus Groan
Gormenghast
Earl
BBC Drama Lab
Jack Ryder
EastEnders
Terry Jones
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Curious Directive

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