Gormenghast

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Gormenghast refers to a trilogy of books revolving around the Castle Gormenghast, written by Mervyn Peake.

The Gormenghast book series consists of three novels. At least two more (tentatively titled Titus Awakes and Gormenghast Revisited) were planned but never completed, although Titus Alone was published from the author's notes, with heavy editing, in 1959. As the castle is the setting of only the first two books, it might be more properly called the Titus series. Planned as a bildungsroman spanning the hero's life from birth to death, it was cut short by Peake's own untimely death from Parkinson's Disease. The books are an early influence on the Mannerpunk subgenre.

• Titus Groan (1946)
• Gormenghast (1950)
• Titus Alone (1959)

Gormenghast (TV serial) was a four-episode mini series produced by the BBC in 2000.

A short story, Boy in Darkness (1956), shares the setting of the Gormenghast novels. It was made into a short film by the BBC Drama Lab in 2000.

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Gormenghast in its play format by John Constable will be performed by the Italia Conti Ensemble at the Old Surgeons Hall, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival from 22 august to the 30th 2009.