Grand-Guignol: The French Theatre of Horror (Exeter Performance Studies)

Since The Théâtre du Grand-Guignol closed its doors forty years ago, the genre has been overlooked by critics and theatre historians. This book reconsiders the importance and influence of the Grand-Guignol within its social, cultural and historical contexts, and is the first attempt at a major evaluation of the genre as performance.

• | Author: Richard J. Hand
• | Publisher: University of Exeter Press
• | Publication Date: January 01, 2002
• | Number of Pages: 336 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 085989696X
• | ISBN-13: 9780859896962