Grand-Guignol : the French theatre of horror /
"The Theatre 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, gran...
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Γλώσσα: | English |
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Exeter :
University of Exeter Press,
2002.
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Σειρά: | Exeter performance studies
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Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Jack (Lui!) / Oscar Méténier
- The ultimate torture (La dernière torture) / André de Lorde and Eugène Morel
- The lighthouse keepers (Gardiens de phare) / Paul Autier and Paul Cloquemin
- Chop-chop! or The guillotine (La veuve) / Eugène Héros and Léon Abric
- Tics, or Doing the deed (Après coup! ... ou Tics) / René Berton
- In the darkroom (Sous la lumière rouge) / Maurice Level and Étienne Rey
- The final kiss (Le baiser dans la nuit / Maurice Level
- The torture garden (Le jardin des supplices / Pierre Chaine and André de Lorde
- Euthanasia (Léuthanasie ou le devoir de tuer / René Berton
- The kiss of blood (Le baiser de sang) / Jean Aragny and Francis Neilson.