Troilus And Cressida by Geoffrey Chaucer, Edward Gorey cover illustration published 1957, Rendered into Modern English Verse by George Philip Krapp
EDWARD GOREY'S ELEPHANT HOUSE
Whether Come By Epiplectic Bicycle with broken spoke or by willowdale handcar, Enter all Doubtful Guests, Hapless Children, Beastly Babies, Wuggly Umps, Gilded Bats, Osbick Birds, Deranged Cousins, Abandoned Socks, Lost Lions, Dancing Cats, Neglected Murderesses, Loathsome Couples, Prune People, Unknown Vegetables, Headless Busts, Welcome to This Deadly edward Blotter where this gorey party never dwindles.
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Devils And Demons: A Treasury of Fiendish Tales Old & New selected by Marvin Kaye, Edward Gorey cover illustration published 1987
Origins of The Medieval World by William Carroll Bark, Edward Gorey cover illustration published 1960
The War of The Worlds by H.G. Wells, Edward Gorey cover illustration published 1960
The Drum, the Doll, and the Zombie by John Bellairs completed by Brad Strickland, Edward Gorey cover illustration published 1994
Freshwater: A Comedy by Virginia Woolf with drawings by Edward Gorey, published 1985
Pleasures And Days And other writings by Marcel Proust, Edward Gorey cover illustration published 1957, Edited and with an Introduction by F.W. Dupee
The Wrong Box by Geoffrey Napier, Edward Gorey cover illustration published 1966
The Wanderer: A Novel by Alain-Fournier, Edward Gorey cover illustration published 1953. Typography by Joseph Ascherl.
Black Hearts In Battersea by Joan Aiken, Edward Gorey cover illustration published 1987
Painted Devils: Strange Stories by Robert Aickman, Edward Gorey cover illustration published 1979
Cold Hand in Mine: Strange Stories by Robert Aickman, Edward Gorey cover illustration published 1975
an alligator rose up in front of them; from The Epiplectic Bicycle by Edward Gorey published 1969
The New Yorker December 21, 1992 illustrated by Edward Gorey
WALDEN MEDIA, FOX 2000 AND THE JIM HENSON COMPANY BRING THE WORLD OF EDWARD GOREY TO THE BIG SCREEN FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH “THE DOUBTFUL GUEST”
Live-action adaptation of Gorey’s beloved classic to be directed by Brad Peyton and written by Matthew Huffman
LOS ANGELES (April 5, 2007) – Walden Media, Fox 2000 and The Jim Henson Company have joined forces to develop and produce a live-action feature film adaptation of Edward Gorey’s whimsical classic book “The Doubtful Guest”, marking the first time a Gorey work has been made into a feature film. The story revolves around a quirky family whose life is turned upside down when a mysterious and mischievous creature arrives unannounced and unwelcome, bringing trouble with him and wreaking havoc. Ultimately, no one’s life will be the same once they’ve met The Doubtful Guest.
The film will be released by Twentieth Century Fox and Walden Media through their Fox
Walden banner. Brad Peyton (“Evelyn: The Cutest Evil Dead Girl”) is attached to direct and Matthew Huffman will write the screenplay. Producing duties will be handled by The Jim Henson Company’s co-CEOs Lisa Henson and Brian Henson, and Jason Lust, the company’s Senior Vice President of Feature Films. Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, the company’s visual and special effects division, will bring the film’s title creature to life using a blend of CGI and animatronics.
Currently published by Harcourt, “The Doubtful Guest” has been a favorite worldwide since its debut in 1957. Described by The New York Times as “a grand master of the comic macabre”, Edward Gorey wrote more than 100 books in his lifetime and illustrated books for such writers as T.S. Eliot and Samuel Becket. He was also a very successful set and costume designer, earning a Tony Award for his Broadway production of Edward Gorey’s Dracula. Animated sequences of his work have introduced the PBS series Mystery! since 1980. Gorey died in 2000.
