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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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