{"product_id":"9780983435518","title":"Edward Gorey Plays Cape Cod","description":"\u003cp\u003eAUTHOR'S NOTE: This book has been replaced by a fuller account of Edward Gorey's theatrical work, \u003cb\u003eEdward Gorey On Stage: Playwright, Director, Designer, Performer: a Multimedia Memoir\u003c\/b\u003e, available in both print and e-book formats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow to classify the extraordinary Edward Gorey? Artist? Writer? Dark humorist?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat about Dramatist?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was in theatre that Gorey's public career started and finished. As a postwar Harvard University student, he and his friends Frank O'Hara, Alison Lurie, John Ashbery, and others created the legendary Poets' Theatre. After winning a Tony Award on Broadway for Frank Langella's Dracula, Gorey left New York for Cape Cod. From Woods Hole to Provincetown, he wrote, designed, and directed a scintillating set of \"entertainments\" starring local actors and his own troupe of handmade puppets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChief producer of Gorey's plays was his friend and neighbor Carol Verburg. Now she tells how he did it. From \"The Helpless Doorknob\" and \"The Gilded Bat\" to \"Horror at Hamstrung Hall\" and \"Porptiga,\" she chronicles Gorey's adventures in drama, puppetry, opera, and even (briefly) acting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Boom-Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49893906153712,"sku":"9780983435518","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780983435518","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}