GOREY STORIES

GOREY STORIES

Composer: David Aldrich
Lyricist: Edward Gorey, as adapted by Stephen Currens

Opened: October 30, 1978, Booth Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 1

Note: A live performance recording of the show is known to exist. While no commercial recordings of Aldrich's score appear to exist, several of the Gorey stories that were dramatized in this show have been musicalized by others as noted below.

The Curious Sofa:

1. The Curious Sofa, CD/Barsuk 10 (This Busy Monster) (music credited to Christopher Possanza)

The Doubtful Guest:

1. Hapless Child and Other Inscrutable Stories, Virgin 4 (Michael Mantler) [reissued as CD/ECM 831828] (music credited to Michael Mantler)
2. More Movies, Watt (Michael Mantler) [reissued on Movies/More Movies, CD/Watt 543377] (music credited to Michael Mantler)
3. The Evil Garden, CD/November Music 2011-2 (Max Nagl) (music credited to Max Nagl)

The Gashlycrumb Tinies (song):

1. Songs And Other Delusions, CD/The Mockingbirds (The Mockingbirds) (unverified)

The Hapless Child:

1. Hapless Child and Other Inscrutable Stories, Virgin 4 (Michael Mantler) [reissued as CD/ECM 831828] (music credited to Michael Mantler)
2. Live, CD/ECM 833384-2 (Michael Mantler) (music credited to Michael Mantler)

The Insect God (song):

1. Hapless Child and Other Inscrutable Stories, Virgin 4 (Michael Mantler) [reissued as CD/ECM 831828] (music credited to Michael Mantler)
2. The Insect God, CD/C/Z CZ-047A (Monks Of Doom) (music credited to Monks Of Doom)

The Sinking Spell:

Assembly
The Blue Aspic (an opera) (L: Stephen Currens)
The Curious Sofa
The Deranged Cousins
The Eleventh Episode (song)
The Gilded Bat
Limericks From The Listing Attic
The Loathsome Couple
The Lost Lions
The Osbrick Bird
The Pious Infant
The Unstrung Harp, or Mr. Earbrass Writes A Novel
The Willowdale Handcar
The Wuggly Ump (song)