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  • Grand-Guignolesque

    Classic and Contemporary Horror Theatre

    Serie series Exeter Performance Studies
    While the infamous Théâtre du Grand-Guignol in Paris closed its doors in 1962, the particular form of horror theatre it spawned lives on and has, moreover, witnessed something of a resurgence over the past twenty years. During its heyday it inspired many imitators, though none quite as successful as the Montmartre-based original. In more recent times, new Grand-Guignol companies the world over ... Meer lezen

    38,16 €

  • Performing Grand-Guignol

    Playing the Theatre of Horror

    Serie series Exeter Performance Studies
    From the authors of the successful Grand-Guignol and London’s Grand Guignol - also published by UEP – this book includes translations of a further eleven plays, adding significantly to the repertoire of Grand-Guignol plays available in the English language. The emphasis in the translation and adaptation of these plays is once again to foreground the performability of the scripts within a modern ... Meer lezen

    28,09 €

  • London’s Grand Guignol and the Theatre of Horror

    Serie series Exeter Performance Studies
    A companion to UEP’s Grand-Guignol: The French Theatre of Horror (now in its third reprint). A genre that has left more of a mark on British and American culture than we may imagine” (Gothic Studies).London’s Grand Guignol was established in the early 1920s at the Little Theatre in the West End. It was a high-profile venture that enjoyed popular success as much as critical controversy. On its side ... Meer lezen

    28,62 €

  • Grand-Guignol

    The French Theatre of Horror

    Serie series Exeter Performance Studies
    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 who fainted each night. Indeed, the phrase 'grand guignol' has entered the language to describe any display of sensational horror.Since the theatre ... Meer lezen

    25,44 €

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  • Flaneuse

    Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London

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    *Shortlisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay*Selected as a Book of the Year 2016 by the Financial Times, Guardian, New Statesman*, Observer**, The Millions* and Emerald Street**'Flâneuse [flanne-euhze], noun, from the French. Feminine form of flâneur [flanne-euhr], an idler, a dawdling observer, usually found in cities.That is an imagin... ... Meer lezen

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  • True Pleasures

    A Memoir Of Women In Paris

    Meet the dazzling women of Paris; from Colette to Nancy Mitford; Marie Antoinette to Coco Chanel; Napoleon's Josephine to Edith Wharton.Rule-breakers and style-setters, these women were utterly diverse, yet they shared one common passion - Paris, the world's headquarters of femininity.At a turning point in her life, Lucinda Holdforth journeys to Paris and takes a very personal tour through the ... Meer lezen

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  • Theatre of Fear & Horror: Expanded Edition

    The Grisly Spectacle of the Grand Guignol of Paris, 1897-1962

    door Mel Gordon ...
    "Bloodcurdling shrieks, fiendish schemes, deeds of darkness, mayhem and mutilation—we all have a rough idea of what Grand Guignol stands for. But until now it has been hard to find out much more about it than that. According to the American theater historian Mel Gordon, no major history of the theater so much as mentions it, although it is a form of entertainment that held its own on the Paris ... Meer lezen

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  • 25 Great French Films

    Ebert's Essentials

    door Roger Ebert ...
    The famed film writer and critic reviews twenty-five essential French films, featuring Amélie, Belle du Jour, La Vie en Rose, and Au Revoir les Enfants.Like a full-bodied Bordeaux wine, Roger Ebert's e-book original 25 Great French Films will reward you with a rich variety of full-length reviews of cinematic experiences. From such classics as Belle de Jour, Day for Night, and The 400 Blows to th.. ... Meer lezen

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  • Au Revoir, Tristesse

    Lessons in Happiness from French Literature

    door Viv Groskop ...
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  • Man with a Blue Scarf

    On Sitting for a Portrait by Lucian Freud

    door Martin Gayford ...
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    An alternative autobiography of the well-loved actor and man of the theatre, winner of the Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography.In My Life in Pieces Simon Callow retraces his life through the multifarious performers, writers, productions and events which have left their indelible mark on him.The story begins with Peter Pan – his first ever visit to the theatre – before transporting us to ... Meer lezen

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