edward gorey house
Whats New at the EGH
The Edward Gorey House starts its 7th season with an original art exhibition of Gorey's children's books AND original childhood art saved by non other than Gorey's parents. Gosh!
Doubtful Guest film
Fox, Walden, Hensen Join Forces
"A charming mischievous creature shows up at a family-owned bed & breakfast, and turns the funny family's life upside down." If all goes well, we should see the results of the joint collaboration of Jim Hensen Co, Walden Media, and Fox 2000 sometime in 2009.
Brad Peyton will direct the live-action feature with a script written by Matthew Huffman. Our dear little Doubtful Guest will be created by the Henson Creature Shop.
IMDBPro.com shows The Doubtful Guest is 'in development', Fox 2000 lists The Doubtful Guest as an 'optioned property'. An 'optioned property' is like a betrothed script, and all loaded with caveats.
Read the latest Jim Hensen Company PDF press release here. Information on Matthew Huffman and Brad Peyton as well.
Co-hosts Linda Wertheimer and Noah Adams of NPR's All Things Considered lovingly recite The Gashlycrumb Tinies from NPR's Edward Gorey obituary page.
PBS & WGBH presents Mystery! The official PBS Mystery! site, with a 1996 Gorey interview by Ron Miller. Also read about Gorey's collaboration with Derek Lamb for the legendary Mystery! animations. And a tribute by Animation World magazine to Derek Lamb [1936-2005] which mentions the animation collaboration.
Hamanaka-San, Arigato
Housing the largest Gorey collection in Japan, the Wonderful World of Edward Gorey website is the brainchild of Toshinobu Hamanaka, is also a book by the same name. Edited by Mr. Hamanaka, published by Kawade Shobo in 2002, it's a beautiful volume. In Japanese.
Read more on Edward Gorey in Japan in our East Wing
What the Doubtful Guest does on stage is everybodys business in Hoipolloi & Theatre Royal Plymouth's production, which ran March 13 thru April 12, 2008. From London, the company toured Liverpool, Ipswitch, then Newcastle. The show was met with enthusiasm from both The Times and The Guardian -- "...a piece of visual theatre that captures all the Victorian pastiche, fantastical imagination and ominous air of Gorey's original." - Lyn Gardner, The Guardian.
Hoipolloi Artistic Director Shôn Dale-Jones discovered 'Doubtful' while touring the US in 2005. "I went into a children’s bookstore to look for one of [Edward Lear's] titles, but couldn’t find one. The clerk asked if he was the guy Edward Gorey did some illustrations for. She handed me a collection of Gorey’s books – including Lear’s The Jumblies. Before I knew it I had looked through the whole book and was asking the shop attendant for more Edward Gorey...by the time I left the USA later that month I’d bought every title I could find in every bookstore I walked into. On the plane journey home I kept returning to The Doubtful Guest and got hooked on the world of this illustrated story."
Visit Hoipolloi's blog for some snapshots of this memorable production.
The Edward Gorey House
Gorey's residence in Yarmouth Port is now a museum. It's mission: "The Edward Gorey House celebrates and preserves the life and works of Edward Gorey...[and] honors Gorey's passion and concern for animals, raising awareness about local and national animal welfare issues." Gorey's favorite yellow sweater and tennies are on view as well.
The Tiger Lillies and The Gorey End
Back in 1999, Gorey shipped a box-load of unpublished prose and poetry to The Tiger Lillies's Martyn Jacques. Setting them to music, Martyn & troupe, accompanied by the Kronos Quartet, recorded The Gorey End. Sample and order in the UK at Amazon. You can also order in the US from ditto.
Read Maddy Costa's review of The Gorey End CD for the Guardian. Also read Lloyd Ellis's review of the live performance at London's Lyric Hammersmith theatre.
Gorey Serif Font
TrueType font based on the distinctive hand lettering from many of Gorey's books. From Damian Hess, it's quite a delicious, no-cost treat.
OgdredWeary by nonDairy Fonts. Complete your collection of Edward Gorey fonts with another no-cost TrueType or MacFont font, inspired by Gorey's The Curious Sofa.
Funeral Consumers Alliance
"First you're born, you live a little, and then you die..." To that end, the FCA is here to help, with Gorey-emblazoned mugs [The Gashlycrumb Tinies or The Osbick Bird], tee shirts, and end-of-life planning kit [booklet with magnet set]. Embrace the inevitable.
Edward Gorey Bibliography
A comprehensive bibliography of Gorey's works.
Photographs and text by Kevin McDermott, sheds new light on Mr. Gorey through his residence (a.k.a. 'The Elephant House') in Yarmouth Port. Fifteen etchings and lithos are reproduced. Introduction by John Updike. Published by Pomegranate.
Visit Kevin McDermott online for more imagery and information from Elephant House, now in it's 2nd printing. You can also purchase the limited edition book and limited edition prints here.
Listen to James O'Hearn of CHRY Radio in Toronto discuss Elephant House with Kevin McDermott. Goreyography talks to Kevin about the making of Elephant House. Read our review of Elephant House.
A voyeuristic view of Gorey's studio as it stood in Yarmouth Port before it was tidied up after his death in 2000. Viewer plugin required.
The Hapless Antiquarian
directed by Anthony Penta, pays "homage to Edward Gorey."
Winner of Best Short Film Under 10-min at the 2001 East Lansing Film Festival. "Graceful and wildly imaginative..." -- Christopher Potter, Ann Arbor News. 16mm, B&W, 06:30, 2001. Available on DVD.
The Unfortunate Gift
Film written and directed by Mark G.E. A dark, strangely beautiful work. An homage to Ogdred Weary. "The 50 eight-second tableaux of The Unfortunate Gift have a daguerreotype quality of Wisconsin Death Trip." -- Duane Dudek, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinal. DVD, B&W, 08:00, 1998.
Documentary Enters Post
Yes, the Gorey video documentary is still in post-production. Five years in the shooting, film maker Christopher Seufert of Mooncusser Productions has produced award-winning docs such as Gillnetting and Fishtown. As a prelude, a website is devoted to the production process, whetting our appetites.