The Theatrical Adventures of Edward Gorey: Rare Drawings, Scripts, and Stories

Step behind the curtain into The Theatrical Adventures of Edward Gorey! This stunning deluxe book is a long-awaited portal for Gorey fans, collectors, and curious explorers into the fantastical world of a unique artist. Edward Gorey (1925¨C2000) emerged as a cult hero with unsettling graphic novelettes like The Gashlycrumb Tinies and The Doubtful Guest. He became a pop-culture icon for his stark, intricate designs for Dracula on Broadway and his animated credits for PBS¡¯s Mystery! But Gorey wasn¡¯t just a quirky, darkly humorous storyteller and illustrator. In The Theatrical Adventures of Edward Gorey, his close friend and collaborator Carol Verburg celebrates his lifelong passion for the stage. Her first-hand account follows Gorey¡¯s evolution as a playwright, designer, and director, from his radical experiments with Harvard¡¯s legendary Poets¡¯ Theatre to his Tony Award-winning designs for Dracula to his whimsical puppet pastiches of classics like Hamlet and Madame Butterfly. Inside these velvet-bound covers is an intimate look into Edward Gorey¡¯s creative life. Thanks to the Edward Gorey Charitable Trust, it¡¯s the first publication of numerous original scripts¡ªsome annotated by the author¡ªand over 200 rare or previously unseen images from Gorey¡¯s archives: sketches, notebook doodles, finished artwork. Recollections and photos by Verburg and other members of Edward Gorey¡¯s theatrical troupe flesh out this deeply personal portrait of the man behind the eccentric genius. The Theatrical Adventures of Edward Gorey isn¡¯t just a keepsake¡ªit¡¯s an invitation to fall in love with Gorey’s brilliant imagination all over again. Format: Hardcover Dimensions: 11 x 9 in. Pages: 256