Performing Grand-Guignol : Playing the Theatre of Horror /: Playing the Theatre of Horror. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Prof. Richard J. Hand, Prof. Michael Wilson.
• Authors: Prof, Hand, Richard J., Prof; Prof, Wilson, Michael, Prof
• Contents: Preface; ; A note on the scripts; ; Section I: A Brief History of the Théâtre du Grand-Guignol; ; Section II: The Grand-Guignol Laboratory; ; Section III: Prefaces and Plays; ; First Programme; ; The Haunted House (La Maison hantée) by Marc Bonis-Charancle; ; The Kama Sutra or Never Play with Fire… (Kama Soutra, ou Il ne faut pas joer avec le feu) by Régis Gignoux; ; Blind Man’s Buff by Charles Hellem and Pol d’Estoc; ; The Light in the Tomb (Gott mit uns! (La Lumi è re dans la tombeau)) by René Berton; ; Second Programme; ; Progress by St. John Ervine; ; A Silk Dress (Une Robe de Soie) by Henriette Charasson; ; The Great Terror (La Grande épouvante) by André de Lorde and Henri Bauche; ; Third Programme; ; The Wax Museum (Figures de Cire) by André de Lorde and Georges Montignac; ; The Lovers (Les Amants) by Octave Mirbeau; ; The Man Who Met the Devil (L’homme qui a vu le diable) by Gaston Leroux; ; The Man Who Killed Death (L’homme qui a tué la mort) by René Berton
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Exeter : University of Exeter Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (320 pages)
• Subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama; PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning; PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Stagecraft & Scenography; PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Direction & Production; Literary studies: plays & playwrights; Acting techniques; Theatre: technical & background skills; Theatre direction & production
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780859891134; 0859891135
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.