Grand-Guignolesque : classic and contemporary horror theatre /: classic and contemporary horror theatre. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Richard J. Hand, Michael Wilson.
• Editors: Hand, Richard J; Wilson, Michael
• Contents: Grand-Guignolesque -- Half Title page -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Part One: An Overview of Classic and Contemporary Horror Theatre -- 1 Establishing the Grand-Guignolesque -- 2 The Grand-Guignol's Contemporary Imitators and Competitors -- 3 The New Wave -- 4 'The Molotov Manifesto' -- Part Two: Thirteen Plays of Grand-Guignoland the Grand-Guignolesque -- Professor Verdier's Operations (Les Opérations du Professeur Verdier, 1907) -- Short Circuit (Le Court-Circuit, 1916) The Little House at Auteuil (La Petite Maison D'Auteuil, 1917) -- The Unhinged (Les Détraquées, 1921) -- The Eyes of the Phantom (Les Yeux du Spectre, 1924) -- The Lover of Death (L'Amant de Mort, 1925) -- Orgy in the Lighthouse (L'Orgie dans le phare, 1956) -- The Sticking Place (2008) -- A Room With No View (2009) -- The Ghost Hunter (2013) -- We'll Fix It! (2013) -- Leviticus: Evil Resides Within (2014) -- Abel Hartmann's Grand-Guignol: A History of Violence (2015) -- Bibliography -- Webography -- Index -- Back Cover
• Publisher Details: Exeter : University of Exeter Press
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 808.829164; Horror plays -- History and criticism; Literary studies: plays & playwrights; PLAYS, PLAYSCRIPTS; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama; DRAMA / General; Horror plays; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.); Criticism, interpretation, etc; History; History; Influence
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1804130168; 1804130176; 9781804130179; 9781804130162
• Related ISBNs: 9781804130803
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