tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18230978.post7142994156908324255..comments2023-12-28T13:05:16.012+00:00Comments on Mervyn Peake: Forthcoming and Current EventsSebastian Peakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03726451215381247978noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18230978.post-19520577865254747812019-12-27T20:14:31.123+00:002019-12-27T20:14:31.123+00:00I think Titus groan is incredibly underrated and a...I think Titus groan is incredibly underrated and as I cannot find a better example of descriptive writing. Gormenghast and the glassblowers won your father a prize but the name escapes me. In particular I love the frivolous cake and one other passage which I think are particularly brilliantManuel odabashianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01079556466454198401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18230978.post-13267124997949329802016-08-02T16:29:23.333+00:002016-08-02T16:29:23.333+00:00Mervyn Peake is one of my favourite authors and th...Mervyn Peake is one of my favourite authors and the Gormenghast Trilogy one of my best loved books. Yesterday, I had the occasion to be in Burpham and visited his grave along with many of his closest family; something I have wanted to do for a long time. It's a lovely spot and a good place to lay one's head for eternity.StuEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06291313565893706173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18230978.post-16304173366690436082015-08-16T11:35:52.746+00:002015-08-16T11:35:52.746+00:00I am looking to adapt Letters From A Lost Uncle in...I am looking to adapt Letters From A Lost Uncle into a puppet show and would like to know how best to attain the rights. I contacted Metuen in April but still haven't heard a thing. Any suggestions?<br />SamSam Longleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16308291257011951851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18230978.post-24832975917336779142014-05-24T06:14:43.307+00:002014-05-24T06:14:43.307+00:00Hi, I first read Gormenghast nearly fifty years ag...Hi, I first read Gormenghast nearly fifty years ago... it was breathtaking and challenging reading for a fifteen year old boy, but I loved it and went to read the whole trilogy. Since then I have read them all many times ... each read revealing even deeper layers.<br />What a great writer your father was... genius no less.<br />I have just obtained the audio book versions and will soon be immersed in his amazing fantasy once again.<br />long live MERVYN PEAKE may his books always thrill the future generations. Steve MaherSteve Mahernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18230978.post-2420265391563353582011-11-27T18:58:56.475+00:002011-11-27T18:58:56.475+00:00Mervyn Peake was a genius. He had an ability I hav...Mervyn Peake was a genius. He had an ability I have never encountered by any other author; to paint a scene with devastating detail as only an artist could. I hold him in high regard as I do Dickens.<br /><br />He is both an influence and a depression to me. He is the writer I'd most want to be and the one I know I have not the talent or imagination to be.<br /><br />It is a sad thing that he never got to know just how greatly he is admired by so many people all over the world, and not simply a cult following; but rather discerning appreciators of true literature.Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18230978.post-43480153000016350662009-04-28T18:20:00.000+00:002009-04-28T18:20:00.000+00:00Hello there. I wanted to say hello as I will be mo...Hello there. I wanted to say hello as I will be movement directing Gormenghast - an adapted script from the Constable play - at Italia Conti Drama School this Spring/Summer - opening at the Edinburgh Festival. As a movement person, I have also had the good fortune to attend Skinner Releasing Classes run by Florence Peake! Small world it can be.<br /><br />Great Website, really informative and interesting.<br /><br />Best wishes<br /><br />Jenni MalarkeyUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11147401373153239613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18230978.post-53346670387765291352008-03-06T18:38:00.000+00:002008-03-06T18:38:00.000+00:00Hello Sebastian, I am delighted to have...Hello Sebastian,<BR/> I am delighted to have found your blogger page as I am a huge admirer of your father's work both the writing and the art. What a gift he was and is, <BR/>thank you for having this web presence to share your father with us Sebastian...<BR/>My very best wishes<BR/>John LeeJohn laoihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17941366906543049444noreply@blogger.com