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I suspect that, like most people who might recognize the name of Edward Gorey, it is for his very unique art. Mostly famous for his illustrations for T. S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats , which was the basis for the long-running hit musical Cats and perhaps his for his illustrations for Bram Stoker's Dracula , Edward Gorey had a long career that included illustrating books and book covers, writing, and a great deal of theatre work, including writing, and designing sets and costumes. I was not aware of the amount of theatre work that Gorey did. On the one hand this is a little surprising given my own background in theatre. On the other hand, much of what is presented here shows that a great deal of this work was with a smaller, regional theatre company - one whose work I generally wouldn't have been familiar with back in the Midwest. It seems as though Gorey's theatrical ventures veered to the unique and unusual, just as his artwork did. This would be ...