Description
This work is adapted from Mervyn Peake's great gothic trilogy, a fantastical world comes to life. In one extraordinary evening of physical theatre you will enter a world of grotesque characters, fantastic ritual and heart-rending drama. It is not for the faint-hearted. David Glass Ensemble revives its award-winning production - one of its greatest hits of the 1990's. "Gormenghast" opens at the Lighthouse Theatre, Poole in May 2006.
"A gloriously impossible realization of Mervyn Peake's soaring flight of fancy" - The Guardian
About the Author
John Constable is a south London playwright, poet and performer. He is the author of many plays, including The Southwark Mysteries, his epic cycle of apocalyptic poems and mystery plays, performed in Shakespeare's Globe and Southwark Cathedral in 2000 and 2010. It has also featured in many site-specific performances - such as The Halloween of Crossbones, performed annually since 1998. For more than a decade John has conducted unusual historical walks around Southwark, some of which are included in his book Secret Bankside - Walks In The Outlaw Borough. He is artistic director of the community arts group, SOUTHWARK MYSTERIES, and was recently awarded an Honorary Fellowship of London South Bank University for "services to the Arts and Community". John Constable's Sha-Manic Plays, his stage adaptation of Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast trilogy, The Southwark Mysteries and Secret Bankside - Walks In the Outlaw Borough are all published by Oberon Books.
Book Information
ISBN 9781840026733
Author Mervyn Peake
Format Paperback
Page Count 64
Imprint Oberon Books Ltd
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
"A gloriously impossible realization of Mervyn Peake's soaring flight of fancy" - The Guardian
About the Author
John Constable is a south London playwright, poet and performer. He is the author of many plays, including The Southwark Mysteries, his epic cycle of apocalyptic poems and mystery plays, performed in Shakespeare's Globe and Southwark Cathedral in 2000 and 2010. It has also featured in many site-specific performances - such as The Halloween of Crossbones, performed annually since 1998. For more than a decade John has conducted unusual historical walks around Southwark, some of which are included in his book Secret Bankside - Walks In The Outlaw Borough. He is artistic director of the community arts group, SOUTHWARK MYSTERIES, and was recently awarded an Honorary Fellowship of London South Bank University for "services to the Arts and Community". John Constable's Sha-Manic Plays, his stage adaptation of Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast trilogy, The Southwark Mysteries and Secret Bankside - Walks In the Outlaw Borough are all published by Oberon Books.
Book Information
ISBN 9781840026733
Author Mervyn Peake
Format Paperback
Page Count 64
Imprint Oberon Books Ltd
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
