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Grand-Guignol: The French Theatre of Horror (Exeter Performance Studies)
GrandGuignol The French Theatre of Horror - Exeter Performance Studies
Author: Richard J. Hand, Michael Wilson
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 descr...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780859896955
ISBN-10: 0859896951
Publication Date: 10/2002
Pages: 240
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Publisher: University of Exeter Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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