The Theatrical Adventures of Edward Gorey: Deluxe Art Book

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 (1925–2000) emerged as a cult hero with unsettling graphic novelettes like The Gashlycrumb Tinies and The Doubtful Guest . H e 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—some annotated…