The Gormenghast Trilogy is a radio serial by Michael le Moignan and Larry Lucas, based on the novels of Mervyn Peake. First broadcast in Australia on ABC Radio in 1983 as eight one-hour installments, the series was produced by Frank Zeppel, Robert Cubbage and David Chandler. It was the first dramatization of Peake's work to include the third novel, Titus Alone.
Plot[]
The life of Titus, 77th Earl of Groan and lord of Gormenghast Castle. A unique fantasy adventure.
Cast[]
- Narrator - Max Meldrum
- Young Titus - Simon Hinton
- Titus - John Warnock
- Rottcodd - Walter Sullivan
- Flay - Brian Harrison
- Swelter - Nigel Lovell
- Steerpike - Philip Hinton
- Lord Groan (Sepulchrave) - David Nettheim
- Countess Groan (Gertrude) - Margo Lee
- Dr Prunesquallor - Alistair Duncan
- Lady Fuscia - Fay Anderson
- Nanny Slag - Marion Johns
- Sourdust - Alexander Archdale
- Barquentine - Alexander Archdale
- Keda - Claire Crowther
- Lady Cora - Margaret Christensen
- Lady Clarice - Betty Lucas
- Irma Prunesquallor - Dinah Shearing
- Rantel - Bill Conn
- Braigon - Andrew Tighe
- Patriarch - Tom Farley
- Servant - Michale Gow
- Professor Fluke - Max Phipps
- Professor Perch Prism - Wallas Eaton
- Professor Bellgrove - Ric Hutton
- Headmaster Deadyawn - Colin Croft
- Fly - John Fitzgerald
- Captain - Robert Cooper
- Lookout Boy - Michael Zeppel
- Apprentices - Andrew Tighe, Patrick Phillips
- Muzzlehatch - Richard Meickle
- Juno, Black Rose - Amber May Cecil
- Cheetah - Judy Morris
- Acreblade - Alan Tobin
- Mrs Grass - Kerry McGuire
- Mr Grass, Veil, Anchor - Don Pascoe
- Thirst, Waiter - Neil Fitzpatrick
- Kestral - Robert Davis
- Lion - Frank Lloyd
- Old Crime - Harry Lawrence
- Prison Warder - Brian Anderson
- Magistrate, Scientist - Brian Harrison
- Clerk of court - Robert Davis
- Crabcarr - Philip Hinton
- Carro - Nigel Lovell
- Slingshot - Peter Whitford
- Foo Foo - Paul Bertram
- Sound Effects by Michael Bowie, Allan Andrew Arthur, Pat Hopper, and Michael Simons
- Sound Operators - Neil Sandbeck, Comrie Bucknel
- Production Assistant - Linda Hughes
- Produced by Frank Zeppel, Robert Cubbage and David Chandler