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Exeter Performance Studies eBook Series

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  • London’s Grand Guignol and the Theatre of Horror

    by Prof. Richard J. Hand, Prof. Michael Wilson ...
    Series 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 ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • Grand-Guignolesque

    Classic and Contemporary Horror Theatre

    Edited by Prof. Richard J. Hand, Prof. Michael Wilson ...
    Series 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 ... Read more

    $41.29 CAD

  • Performing Grand-Guignol

    Playing the Theatre of Horror

    by Prof. Richard J. Hand, Prof. Michael Wilson ...
    Series 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 ... Read more

    $35.89 CAD

  • Grand-Guignol

    The French Theatre of Horror

    by Prof. Richard J. Hand, Prof. Michael Wilson ...
    Series 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 ... Read more

    $32.59 CAD

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  • Theatre of Fear & Horror: Expanded Edition

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

    by Mel Gordon ...
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  • My Life in Pieces

    An Alternative Autobiography

    by Simon Callow ...
    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 ... Read more

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    With a foreword by Karl Lagerfeld, “this enchanting, tiny book”—a series of transcriptions from interviews with the fashion icon—is the closest anyone can get to a face-to-face with Coco [Chanel]” (The Spectator)Coco Chanel invited Paul Morand to visit her in St. Moritz at the end of the Second World War when he was given the opportunity to write her memoirs; his notes of their conversations were ... Read more

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