Chapel of gore and psychosis
Subtitle: the Grand Guignol Theatre
By: [by Jack Hunter ; translations by R.J. Dent]
Contributors: Dent, R. J. (Russell J.)
Publisher: Creation Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: [Great Britain]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 111
ISBN-13: 9781840681871
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: French Horror plays; Théâtre du Grand-Guignol; Theaters; French Melodrama; Horror in literature; History
Other titles: Grand Guignol Theatre
Description: The Grand Guignol Theatre in Paris, founded by Oscar Metenier in 1897, soon became world-renowned for staging wild and bizarre spectacles of madness, mutilation, horror and death. Hunter charts the entire history of the Grand Guignol, from its inception to its closure in 1962, referencing and describing dozens of stage productions. Also contains a whole section on films which were either based on, or inspired by, the Grand Guignol and its works.
Notes: Includes indexes.

"Documents of culture"--Cover p. [4].
Table of contents: title: A century of horror; title: Chapel of gore and psychosis; title: Grand Guignol and cinema; title: The system of Doctor Goudron and Professor Plume / by André de Lorde; title: A memoir / by Maxa.