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Richard J. Hand

Grand-Guignol

The French Theatre of Horror

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The Théâtre du Grand-Guignol in Paris (1897 - 1962) achieved a legendary reputation as the 'Theatre of Horror' a venue displaying such explicit violence and blood-curdling terror that a resident doctor was employed to treat the numerous spectators who fainted each night. Indeed, the phrase 'grand guignol' has entered the language to describe any display of sensational horror.Since the theatre closed its doors forty years ago, the genre has been overlooked by critics and theatre historians. This book reconsiders the importance and influence of the Grand-Guignol within its social, cultural and historical contexts, and is the first attempt at a… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Wilson, Michael
  • ISBN: 978-0-85989-696-2
  • EAN: 9780859896962
  • Produktnummer: 9230780
  • Verlag: University Of Exeter Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
  • Seitenangabe: 290 S.
  • Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm x D1.5 cm 445 g
  • Abbildungen: Paperback
  • Gewicht: 445

Über den Autor


Mike Wilson is Professor of Drama at Loughborough University. He is author of Performance and Practice: Oral Narrative Traditions among Teenagers in Britain and Ireland Richard Hand is Professor of Drama at the University of Glamorgan. He is also assistant editor and translator of Naturalism and Symbolism in European Theatre, 1850 - 1918

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