Grand-Guignol: The French Theatre of Horror by Richard J. Hand, Francis Neilson, Oscar Méténier, Michael Wilson, Paul Cloquemin, Paul Autier, Étienne Rey, André de Lorde, Léon Abric, Maurice Level, Jean Aragny, René Berton, Pierre Chaine, Eugène Héros, Eugène Morel

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Grand-Guignol: The French Theatre of Horror

Richard J. Hand, Francis Neilson, Oscar Méténier, Michael Wilson, Paul Cloquemin, Paul Autier, Étienne Rey, André de Lorde, Léon Abric, Maurice Level, Jean Aragny, René Berton, Pierre Chaine, Eugène Héros, Eugène Morel

276 pages • first pub 2002 • 3 editions

nonfiction history horror dark medium-paced

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The Théâtre 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 ...