▁and ▁the ▁nature ▁of ▁reality ▁to ▁question ▁whether ▁Tit us ' s ▁mem ories ▁of ▁the ▁castle ▁are ▁real , ▁or ▁merely ▁fant as ies ▁of ▁a ▁dam aged ▁mind . ▁It ▁was ▁particularly ▁inspired ▁by ▁Mer v yn ▁Pe ake ' s ▁loss ▁of ▁his ▁mental ▁fac ult ies ▁due ▁to ▁Park inson ' s - indu ced ▁de ment ia . ▁ ▁Car ab os se ▁Theatre ▁Company ▁produced ▁a ▁stage ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁two ▁books ▁of ▁the ▁tr il ogy ▁called ▁‘ G orm eng h ast ’ ▁in ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁at ▁the ▁Ch rys alis ▁Theatre ▁in ▁Mil ton ▁Ke yn es . ▁The ▁project ▁was ▁officially ▁end ors ed ▁by ▁Fab ian ▁Pe ake ▁( M erv yn ▁Pe ake ’ s ▁son ) ▁and ▁the ▁Mer v yn ▁Pe ake ▁estate . ▁Co - writ ers ▁of ▁the ▁company ’ s ▁adaptation ▁included ▁its ▁director ▁S ally ▁L uff ▁and ▁the ▁actor ▁Tim ▁Dal gle ish . ▁This ▁production ▁used ▁projection ▁mapping , ▁an ▁elaborate ▁set ▁( des igned ▁by ▁the ▁artist ▁Sh elle y ▁W yn - de - B ank ) ▁and ▁colour ful ▁cost ume . ▁http :// www . car ab os se . org ▁ ▁Music ▁Ir min ▁Schmidt , ▁founder ▁of ▁sem inal ▁German ▁experimental ▁group ▁Can , ▁composed ▁a ▁three - act ▁opera , ▁G orm eng h ast , ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁nov els . ▁It ▁premier ed ▁at ▁the ▁Oper n haus ▁W