On Tuesday October 15th Carol Verburg's soon to become a classic book on Edward Gorey's theater career was launched with a book signing event at Big Hill Books in Minneapolis. It was an honor to be Carol's featured guest at the event.
Carol and I discussed Edward Gorey's life long fascination with theater work beginning with his first Christmas concert set design at the Francis Parker School in Chicago, his work with The Poets Theater while attending Harvard University, his enormous success with Dracula on the Cape and on Broadway, and finally to his "entertainments" in the 1990's on the Cape. The talk was illustrated with several pieces of original set design artwork by Mr. Gorey from my personal collection.
After the talk, those that attended were able to purchase the new book and have it personally signed by Carol. The evening was a huge success and was the first of several book launch events across the country that Carol will be attending.
For those who were not in attendance, here are excerpts from our presentation on The Theatrical Adventures of Edward Gorey.
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An honor & a pleasure to share the stage with Irwin Terry!
Not that far (around a four hour drive) from my home! I have a question for you, is there any reference for the actual size of Ted's original art for various projects? My wife and I just completed Pomegranate 's Dracula puzzle, and were wondering about the size of the original. I think the puzzle is 18 x 24, and if he used a crowquill, it looks like it could be same size.
I have been doing a little research and have found out that the image on the puzzle is actually composed from 9 individual pieces of art, so this image does not exist as one piece except on the puzzle. The library appears as shown in the Dracula Toy Theater, but the figure of Dracula himself was added for the puzzle. The original art for the room insets inside each of the arches are each 10.5" x 3"
Thanks! I was astonished to read that Ted drew a number of his pieces "same size as published". I can not begin to imagine what remarkable eyesight he had. In my pen and ink drawings, my hand cramps when I work too small. I use the twice up method, as my graphic design instructor told us when reproduced half size, any minor imperfections go unnoticed.
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