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Performing Grand-Guignol : playing the theatre of horror / Richard J. Hand and Michael Wilson.

Van Pelt Library PN2636.P4 G753 2016
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hand, Richard J., author.
Wilson, Michael, 1963- author.
Series:
Exeter performance studies
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Théâtre du Grand-Guignol--History.
Théâtre du Grand-Guignol.
Melodrama, French--France.
Melodrama, French.
Horror plays, French--France.
Horror plays, French.
Horror in art.
Horror in literature.
Naturalism in literature.
History.
France.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
xiv, 286 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
Exeter : University of Exeter Press, 2016.
Contents:
Section I A Brief History of the Théâtre du Grand-Guignol 1
Section II The Grand-Guignol Laboratory 9
A Gallery of Production Photographs from the Grand-Guignol Laboratory
Section III Prefaces and Plays 49
First Programme 51
The Haunted House (La Maison bantée) / Marc Bonis-Charancle Bonis-Charancle, Marc 60
The Kama Sutra or Never Flay with Fire ... (Kama Soutra, ou ll ne faut pas jouer avec le feu) / Régis Gignoux Gignoux, Régis 70
Blind Man's Buff / Charles Hellem Hellem, Charles, Pol d'Estoc d'Estoc, Pol 83
The Light in the TomblGott mit unsl (L'a Lumière dans le tombeau/Gott mit unsl) / René Berton Berton, René 98
Second Programme 123
Progress / St. John Ervine Ervine, St. John 130
A Silk Dress (Line Kobe de Sole) / Henriette Charasson Charasson, Henriette 146
The Great Terror (La Grande épouvante) / André de Lorde Lorde, André de, Henri Bauche Bauche, Henri 156
Third Programme 189
The Wax Museum (Figures de Cire) / André de Lorde Lorde, André de, Georges Montignac Montignac, Georges 202
The Lovers (Les Amants) / Octave Mirbeau Mirbeau, Octave 221
The Man Who Met the Devil (L'Homme qui a vu le diable) / Gaston Leroux Leroux, Gaston 232
The Man Who Killed Death (L'Homme qui a tué la mort) / René Berton Berton, René 256.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-280) and index.
ISBN:
9780859899956
0859899950
0859899969
9780859899963
OCLC:
947019533

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