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	Gormenghast - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gormenghast is a fictional castle of titanic proportions that features prominently in a series of fantasy works penned by Mervyn Peake.
		Gormenghast is also commonly used in reference to this series, even though the castle is present for a very small amount of time in Titus Alone.
		Gormenghast Castle is the setting for the first two books in the series, Titus Groan and Gormenghast.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gormenghast (1735 words)

	Gormenghast
		Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast trilogy is a rich, weighty series of novels – one that is as widely loved as it is hard to categorize, varying in tone from Tolkein-esque fantasy to Dickensian social drama to gothic horror a la Edgar Allan Poe.
		Life in Gormenghast seems to be an endless series of hollow ceremonies and pointless exercising of feudal privilege, while the caste-bound civilians toil fruitlessly in abject squalor.
		The Gormenghast books are filled with evocative images and wonderful gothic hyperbole, and this sort of thing is always very tricky to pluck from the mind and place on the screen without the whole thing being a letdown.
	www.culturevulture.net /Television/Gormenghast.htm (956 words)

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		Oriental influences can be detected in his work, not least in the castle of Gormenghast itself, which in some respects resembles a Tibetan lamasery more than the Gothic castle it is meant to be.
		Gormenghast was published in 1950, and the family moved back to the mainland, settling in Smarden, Kent.
		It starred Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Steerpike, Neve McIntosh as Fuschia, June Brown as Nannie Slagg, Ian Richardson as Lord Groan, Christopher Lee as Flay, Richard Griffiths as Swelter, Warren Mitchell as Barquentine, Celia Imrie as Countess Gertrude, Lynsey Baxter and Zoe Wanamaker as the twins, Cora and Clarice, and John Sessions as Dr Prunesquallor.
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		Gormenghast is shot through with secret passages and moldy, forgotten wings.
		This makes him arguably the most powerful person in Gormenghast, and he is ready to stand against Titus himself for ultimate control of the castle and the destiny of its inhabitants.
		The miniseries is presented on DVD as a two-disc set, with three episodes on the first disc and the fourth episode plus extras on the second.
	www.scifi.com /sfw/issue226/screen2.html (798 words)

	Gormenghast - TheBestLinks.com - BBC, Mervyn Peake, September 28, TheBestLinks.com:Spoiler warning, ...
		Gormenghast is also commonly used in reference to this series, even though the castle is not present in the final book.
		In 2000, the BBC and WBGH Boston produced a miniseries, titled Gormenghast, based on the first two books of the trilogy.
		Believing that she is everything opposite of Gormenghast, Titus becomes infatuated with her.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Gormenghast.html (991 words)

	SEE Magazine: October 4, 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Gormenghast, of course, is a horse of an entirely different colour, but both films take advantage of the miniseries format by balancing multiple storylines within a single, dramatic environment–and, in both cases, the setting really ends up being the most fascinating character, anyway.
		In all of fantasy literature, there’s never been a place like Gormenghast, an immense, dilapidated fortress that seems to be both the capitol of a great kingdom and the last bastion of civilization on Earth.
		The current Earl of Gormenghast, Lord Groan, is the 76th monarch to rule the labyrinthine slab of rock, and both he and his family seem on the verge of collapse as well.
	www.seemagazine.com /Issues/2001/1004/screen6.htm (504 words)

	Anybody else watched "Gormenghast?" - www.ezboard.com
		PBS aired a BBC miniseries yesterday night and earlier tonight based on Mervyn Peake's novels, "Titus Groan" and "Gormenghast." I watched both, for various reasons, and found them to be brilliant.
		Gormenghast is the evil and he took it down.
		If Gormenghast is the status-quo, a metaphor for the status-quo of our world, then Steerpike is the anarchist, and Titus is the person who benefits from the change.
	www.surlalunefairytales.com /boardarchives/2001/aug2001/anybodygormenghast.html (2681 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Gormenghast [2000]: Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The score by Richard Rodney Bennett is full of attractive surprises--fanfares and waltzes and apotheoses--and John Tavener's choral additions are plausibly parts of the immemorial ritual of Gormenghast.
		I have long held Gormenghast to be a wonderful, powerful world that could only be lessened by placing it in a visual context - it is a work for the imagination.
		Gormenghast is afloat in a sea of tradition, ritual, and customs.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004D387 (1501 words)

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		When the BBC chose for use in its Gormenghast miniseries an actual, well-maintained castle that could be viewed at a single glance, the image was almost comically understated.
		But the baroque language is matched (and thus somewhat tempered) by the fact that his social world mirrors it; in Gormenghast, everyone and everything is essence, qualities distilled and visible in names, and bodies, and manners of movement, and passions.
		And every moment of every day, the ruler of Gormenghast is himself ruled by an ancient ritual--his meals, his routes through the castle, his times and locations of sleep all predetermined by a rite only really loved and understood by Sourdust, the librarian.
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	The DVD Journal \| Quick Reviews: Gormenghast
		The story centers on the eccentric inhabitants of vast, decaying Gormenghast Castle, a self-enclosed microcosm where a caste-bound society, rote rituals, and obscure ceremonies have helped keep life unchanged for a thousand years.
		The hereditary rulers of Gormenghast are the ancient family of Groan, a bloodline as crumbling and desolate as the timeless stones enclosing them.
		Their dynasty is threatened by the seductive and diabolical Steerpike (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), who plots and murders his way from his menial position as a kitchen-boy to the heights of power, out to control the House of Groan itself.
	www.dvdjournal.com /quickreviews/g/gormenghast.q.shtml (709 words)

	Chaos rules 'Gormenghast' fantasy realm
		The rewards of "Gormenghast," for anyone inclined to make a four-hour investment over two nights, are pure fantasy packaged in an imaginative production design and some succulently inflated acting.
		With that, "Gormenghast" launches what eventually will become a struggle for Gormenghast between Titus (played as a 17-year-old by Andrew Robertson), representing the long line of aristocratic rule, and Steerpike, the unscrupulously ambitious commoner.
		Despite his malignant sneer and murderous habits, he seems to be the brainiest occupant of Gormenghast, and possibly the only major character with blood in his veins.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/06/27/DD94785.DTL (705 words)

	Jonathan Rhys-Meyers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rhys-Meyers as Steerpike in the BBC miniseries of Gormenghast
		At the age of 16 he was permanently expelled from school, but he was discovered by casting agents shortly after at a Cork pool hall and began a career in acting.
		Rhys Meyers has starred in television programs like Gormenghast (2000), as Elvis Presley in the CBS 4 hour mini series "Elvis" (2005), and in films like Velvet Goldmine (1998) and Bend It Like Beckham (2002).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jonathan_Rhys-Meyers (265 words)

	Christopher Lee
		Lee has played roles in over 220 films since 1948, and has had many notable television roles.
		He appeared as Flay in the BBC television miniseries Gormenghast, based on Mervyn Peake's novels.
		His great grandparents formed Australia's first opera company, performing before miners in towns in the outback.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/christopher_lee.html (289 words)

	Amazon.com: Gormenghast: DVD: Jonathan Rhys-Meyers,Celia Imrie,Ian Richardson,Neve McIntosh,Christopher Lee,Richard ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		As a result, Gormenghast is slightly too pretty at times to convey the sense of Gothic dissolution Peake intended: even the campsite of the carvers seems gussied up in pretty green decor.
		Gormenghast is a mythical kingdom steeped in tradition.
		In Gormenghast every one is born to a station in life each having its own rigid code of conduct.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005B9CZ?v=glance (2830 words)

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		The tv miniseries is based upon a series of books by Mervyn Peake.
		I believe that there were three books in the series, Titus Groan, Gormenghast, and Titus Alone (there might have been others, but I am only familiar with these).
		I have only seen one episode of the tv miniseries, but from what I can remember (I read the books a long time ago), the tv series seemed to follow the continuity of the books well.
	www.rpg.net /forums/phorum/pf/read.php?f=5&i=96875&t=96870 (142 words)

	Amazon.com: Gormenghast: DVD: Jonathan Rhys-Meyers,Celia Imrie,Ian Richardson,Neve McIntosh,Christopher Lee,Richard ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The narrative, based on the first two of the three Gormenghast novels by Mervyn Peake, begins with the birth of a son, Titus, to the 76th Earl, Sepulchrave Groan, and Countess Gertrude.
		Its themes of treachery, decay, madness and honor have come to be regarded as a metaphor for the fall of an empire, the passing of an age, and the rise of fascism.
		The ruling family of Gormenghast is the family Groan (all of the names of the characters are somewhat tongue in check and very appropriate to the characters).
	www.amazon.com /gp/product/B00005B9CZ (2830 words)

	Titus Groan Fanlisting ~ Heir to the Throne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Titus Groan is the main character of the series of commonly refered to as the Gormenghast series by Mervyn Peake.
		The series consists of three novels, Titus Groan (1946), Gormenghast (1950) and Titus Alone (1959), as well as a short novel, "Boy in Darkness" (1956).
		At least two other books, known as "Titus Awakes" and "Gormenghast Revisited", were planned by Peake but his failing health worked faster than he could write, and we are only left with a few chapters and ideas for these.
	www.dialdfordanger.net /titus/about.php (202 words)

	Biblioblog
		The Gormenghast trilogy is pretty clearly an attack on aristocracy, since the joylessness of castle life is attributable to its impermeable class boundaries and levitical ritualism.
		If I had to guess I would say Peake is like his contemporary and compatriot George Orwell in condemning both the old aristocratic regimes and the new socialist tyrannies.
		In the first part of the story Merlin transforms the young Arthur into a variety of animals in order to give the future ruler the experience of living under different political systems.
	biblioblog.blogspot.com /2003/08/since-felix-asked.html (423 words)

	HogBlog: Peake (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		I've now read Mervyn Peake's Titus Groan, and I'm 70% of the way through Gormenghast now; these two novels were the source material for the BBC's mini-miniseries Gormenghast, about which I had such nice things to say earlier.
		It wasn't as funny as the television adaptation, because all the funny bits were wrapped up in this lyrical language, but quite affecting in its own way, with a sort of warped beauty.
		Gormenghast is getting more extreme, changing much in the way that Gormenghast is changing in the book.
	www.koschei.net /blog/archives/000355.html (550 words)

	The Green Head - Emporium : Book Shop - The Art of Gormenghast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Plus, there is a very thorough section with backround and biographical information on the author; Mervyn Peake, containing a great deal of information I had no idea about concerning him, his life and his work.
		This section alone is worth the cost of the book, as it gives unique insight into the man who created the world of Gormenghast.
		This book, compiled by the producer of the miniseries, will provide another fix of this highly addictive delight.
	www.thegreenhead.com /emporium/0002571560/The-Art-of-Gormenghast.html (366 words)

	Random Musings
		Let me just say how impressed I was with the miniseries' portrayal of the atmosphere of the Gormenghast -- in the books the place is really like a character itself, an organism made up of all the different people within.
		I agree that the BBC version of Gormjenghast was outstanding, although it went down in flames in Britain.(They really revered the books there and could not stand divergence.) The best part was the look and sound of the thing, the art direction, and the cinematography.
		There is a book out on The Art of Gormenghast (try Amazon, although I bought it several years ago when it first came out) that is truly worth it--so much of what they did seemingly never made it into the film, or only for a brief second or so.
	random-musings.blogspot.com /2005/01/and-stuff.html (579 words)

	Mervyn_Peake (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In 1986 Mr Pye was adapted as a four-part Channel 4 miniseries starring Derek Jacobi.
		Irmin Schmidt, founder of seminal German 'Krautrock' group Can wrote an opera called Gormenghast, based on the novels; it was first performed in Wuppertal, Germany, in November 1998.
		A number of early songs by New Zealand rock group Split Enz were inspired by Peake's work.
	comicscomics.com /search.php?title=Mervyn_Peake (1457 words)

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		According to the BBC's director of channels, Wayne Dunsford, who was in Johannesburg last week to launch the series on M-Net, the four-hour miniseries cost the BBC a staggering £9 million to make and it shows.
		The sets and costumes are nothing short of magnificent and it's clear that no expense was spared to make this one of the most ravishing, imaginative series ever made for the small screen.
		SOCIAL ASCENT: Jonathan Rhys Meyers is the scheming Steerpike in the BBC's superb miniseries Gormenghast, starting tonight on M-Net at 20h05.
	www.dispatch.co.za /2000/10/17/tvradio/GHAST.HTM (284 words)

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		Within an artfully shabby room in London's Groucho Club, Jonathan Rhys Meyers is clutching his interview survival kit- a large glass of milk and cigarettes- and radiating tension.
		Currently, he heads a formidable cast of British stage and screen actors in the BBC's flamboyant and luscious adaptation of Mervyn Peake's trilogy of Gormenghast novels, premiering on BBC America June 10, with a PBS broadcast early next year.
		In contrast to the average BBC export, the Gormenghast miniseries is no Jane Austen romp amongst the hedgerows.
	www.jrmfansite.org /press/2000.php?vogue (591 words)

	Gormenghast - Wikpedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A brief excerpt from what would have been Titus Awakes appears in the Overlook Press omnibus edition of the main novels (ISBN 0-87951-628-3).
		Gormenghast: A Fantasy Opera (http://www.spoonrecords.com/gormen.html), written by Irmin Schmidt
		This page was last modified 22:42, 20 Apr 2005.
	www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=Gormenghast (1139 words)

	Adventures of a Curious Mind: Gormenghast & The Ozark Trilogy! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		She is thrust into the middle of political problems--feuds, fundamentalism, jealousy, power grabs, etc. I loved the series, and have just ordered Elgin's Native Tongue series.
		I'm also watching the Gormenghast miniseries that was produced by the BBC.
		I haven't read the The Gormenghast Novels yet, but intend to do that when I've finished watching.
	www.orangesplot.com /adventures/2004/01/gormenghast-ozark-trilogy.html (334 words)

	::: JRMfans ::: - Jonathan Rhys Meyers Fans - 2000 Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Which is to say nothing of Gormenghast, the BBC's lavish adaptation of Mervyn Peake's classic starring Christopher Lee, Zoe Wanamaker and Stephen Fry, with Rhys Meyers in the lead role as the malevolent Steerpike.
		The story of Gormenghast, the birth of a new heir to the earldom and the moves of Steerpike to take way Titus’ inheritance is predominately character driven.
		Because in Gormenghast he was made rotten by something that was done to him as a child.
	jrmfans.frozenwithin.net /articles/2000.html (10945 words)

	TimesDispatch.com \| TV: The broad strokes of an icon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		But the drama, proudly made with the cooperation of the Presley family and estate, hopes to flesh out the character with new details, such as his desire to be a real actor and the fact he hated his movies.
		Presley, according to the miniseries, wanted a part in "West Side Story." His manager insisted he stick to his contract of forgettable star vehicles.
		Although the majority of the miniseries was filmed in New Orleans, filmmakers were given permission to film inside Graceland for a day, another first for a miniseries.
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