Marvyn Peakes Titus Groan of Gormenghast 1984 amp 1992

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Support me on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/mysteriousmagpie • This is actually a pair of linked plays originally broadcast in 1984 - Titus Groan and Gormenghast - but they were repeated back-to-back on Christmas Day in 1992 and listed as a single programme, 'Titus Groan of Gormenghast'. • This is by far my favourite adaptation of Mervyn Peake's gothic fantasy novels, which are rather difficult to properly describe - but I've always felt there was a very big and very twisted seam of Hamlet in this story. A rather glib description might be that if Tolkien were to equate with Tolstoy (epic, expansive, fantasies that span great landscapes) then Peake would be equivalent to Dostoevsky - intense, psychological, interior and Gothic. • These adaptations are all-star stuff, with names like Bernard Hepton, David Warner, Judy Parfitt and Eleanor Bron. They are accompanied by Sting in the critical role of Steerpike, so you can't have everything. The plays are also the work of the late, great Glyn Dearman as director, and Brian Sibley who adapted the books. Amongst a lengthy Cv, Sibley adapted many a fantasy work for BBC radio, including The Lord of the Rings, and more recently he returned to Peake's work to create brand new adaptations of them, completing the saga by finally including the third and fourth novels in the series. However, I still prefer the extraordinary atmosphere of these 1980s versions... • MYSTERIOUS MAGPIE is a channel devoted to ghost and horror stories on British radio, and to dark tales of every kind. I have another channel, MYSTICAL MAGPIE, which is all about stories of fantasy, mythology, and adventure: / @mysticalmagpie-wo5fn • If you're interested to know more about the century-long history of ghost and horror stories broadcast at Christmas on British television and radio, you might like to check out HOLLY WRAITHS (and its companion volume HOLLY TERRORS), an A-Z guide available in paperback and ebook from Amazon and Lulu.com. • Holly Wraiths on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Holly-Wraiths-Sto...

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