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Tony Peake was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1951, to English parents.His father, Bladon Peake (1902–1972), was a theatre and film director. Peake was educated at Waterkloof House Preparatory School in Pretoria, St. Martin's School in Johannesburg and at Rhodes University in Makhanda(formerly known as Grahamstown), where he read History and English, graduating with a BA (Hons ...
Gormenghast (/ ˈ ɡ ɔːr m ə n ɡ ɑː s t /) is a fantasy series by British author Mervyn Peake, about the inhabitants of Castle Gormenghast, a sprawling, decaying, Gothic structure. Originally conceived as a single on-going novel, the series was ended by Peake's death and comprises three novels: Titus Groan (1946), Gormenghast (1950) and ...
The Immortal Mind: Science and the Continuity of Consciousness Beyond the Brain, with Anthony Peake, Simon and Schuster, 2014. The Intelligence of the Cosmos, Inner Traditions, 2017. Reconnecting to the Source: The New Science of Spiritual Experience, How It Can Change You, and How It Can Transform the World, St. Martin's Essentials, 2020.
Mervyn Laurence Peake (9 July 1911 – 17 November 1968) was an English writer, artist, poet, and illustrator. He is best known for what are usually referred to as the Gormenghast books.
Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939 – A Personal Choice is an essay by British writer Anthony Burgess, published by Allison & Busby in 1984. It covers a 44-year span between 1939 and 1983. Burgess was a prolific reader, in his early career reviewing more than 350 novels in just over two years for The Yorkshire Post. In the ...
Early in 2010 Sebastian Peake announced that his daughter had found Maeve Gilmore's notebook manuscripts of Titus Awakes in the family's attic. Winnington notes that Gilmore's Search Without End version had removed most references to the earlier Gormenghast books, but that they remained in the 2010 Titus Awakes version. [2]
Gormenghast / ˈ ɡ ɔː m ən ˌ ɡ ɑː s t / is a fantasy novel by British writer Mervyn Peake, the second in his Gormenghast series. It is the story of Titus Groan, 77th Earl of Groan and Lord of Gormenghast Castle, from age 7 to 17. As the story opens, Titus dreads the pre-ordained life of ritual that stretches before him.
Curious Directive’s adaptation of Mervyn Peake's story is nothing short of phenomenal". [citation needed] Boy in Darkness was again adapted and performed for the stage by Gareth Murphy and produced by the Blue Elephant Theatre, London, in 2015 to great acclaim. It was a solo performance which The Stage described as "A physical theatre gem". [5]