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Grand-Guignol

Prof. Richard J. Hand,Prof. Michael Wilson
Grand Guignol Book PDF

Author : Prof. Richard J. Hand,Prof. Michael Wilson
Publisher : University of Exeter Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781905816354

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Grand-Guignol by Prof. Richard J. Hand,Prof. Michael Wilson Pdf

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 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. It gives full consideration to practical applications and to the challenges presented to the actor and director. The book also includes outstanding new translations by the authors of ten Grand-Guignol plays, none of which have been previously available in English. The presentation of these plays in English for the first time is an implicit demand for a total reappraisal of the grand-guignol genre, not least for the unexpected inclusion of two very funny comedies.

Theater of Fear & Horror: Expanded Edition

Mel Gordon
Theater of Fear Horror Expanded Edition Book PDF

Author : Mel Gordon
Publisher : Feral House
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-18
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781627310437

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Theater of Fear & Horror: Expanded Edition by Mel Gordon Pdf

"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 stage for more than half a century. But Mr. Gordon has made a thorough job of filling the gap."—John Gross, The New York Times Here is the expanded edition of classic outré book, The Grand Guignol, first published in 1988 and now long out of print. Like the original anthology, it includes an illustrated introduction to the theater of Paris and abroad, a breakdown of its stage tricks, a summary of one hundred plots, extensive photo documentation, André de Lord's essay, "Fear in Literature," and two originally produced Grand Guignol scripts. The expanded edition also contains additional graphic and textual material including a color insert of Grand Guignol posters; the 1938 autobiographical account of Maxa, the company's leading female performer entitled "I Am the Maddest Woman in the World"; and the controversial playscript Orgy in the Lighthouse.

Londons Grand Guignol and the Theatre of Horror

Prof. Richard J. Hand,Prof. Michael Wilson
Londons Grand Guignol and the Theatre of Horror Book PDF

Author : Prof. Richard J. Hand,Prof. Michael Wilson
Publisher : University of Exeter Press
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-17
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781905816361

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Londons Grand Guignol and the Theatre of Horror by Prof. Richard J. Hand,Prof. Michael Wilson Pdf

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 were some of the finest actors on the English stage, in the shape of Sybil Thorndike and Lewis Casson, and a team of extremely able writers, including Noël Coward. London's Grand Guignol and the Theatre of Horror considers the importance and influence of the English Grand Guignol within its social, cultural and historical contexts. It also presents a selection of ten remakarble English-language Grand Guignol plays, some of which were banned by the Lord Chamberlain, the censor of the day, and have never been published or publicly performed. Among the plays in the book is a previously unpublished work by Noël Coward, The Better Half, first performed at the Little Theatre in 1922. The reviewer in the journal Gothic Studies wrote, of the authors’ previous book: “having recently taught a module on Grand Guignol with third year drama students, it is also worth noting that this book captured their imaginations in a way that few other set texts seem to manage.”

The Rocky Horror Show

Richard O'Brien
The Rocky Horror Show Book PDF

Author : Richard O'Brien
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0573681120

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The Rocky Horror Show by Richard O'Brien Pdf

Rock Musical Characters: 7 males, 3 females Scenery: Interior That sweet transvestite and his motley crew did the time warp on Broadway in a 25th anniversary revival. Complete with sass from the audience, cascading toilet paper and an array of other audience participation props, this deliberately kitschy rock 'n' roll sci fi gothic is more fun than ever. "A socko wacko weirdo rock concert."-WNBC TV. "A musical that deals with mutating identity and time warps becomes one of the most mutated, time warped phenomena in show business."-N.Y. Times. "Campy trash."-Time.

Theatre and the Macabre

Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.,Meredith Conti
Theatre and the Macabre Book PDF

Author : Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.,Meredith Conti
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781786838469

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Theatre and the Macabre by Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.,Meredith Conti Pdf

The ‘macabre’, as a process and product, has been haunting the theatre – and more broadly, performance – for thousands of years. In its embodied meditations on death and dying, its thematic and aesthetic grotesquerie, and its sensory-rich environments, macabre theatre invites artists and audiences to trace the stranger, darker contours of human existence. In this volume, numerous scholars explore the morbid and gruesome onstage, from freak shows to the French Grand Guignol; from Hell Houses to German Trauerspiel; from immersive theatre to dark tourism, stopping along the way to look at phantoms, severed heads, dark rides, haunted mothers and haunting children, dances of death and dismembered bodies. From Japan to Australia to England to the United States, the global macabre is framed and juxtaposed to understand how the theatre brings us face to face with the deathly and the horrific.

Horror on the Stage

Amnon Kabatchnik
Horror on the Stage Book PDF

Author : Amnon Kabatchnik
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476675558

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Horror on the Stage by Amnon Kabatchnik Pdf

There are numerous publications about the horror genre in film and television, but none that provide information about horror on a legitimate stage until now. This book highlights the most terrifying moments in theater history, from classical plays like Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and Euripides' Medea to the violence of the Grand Guignol company productions in 18th-century France, and present-day productions like Stephen Sondheim's musical Sweeney Todd, Stephen King's Carrie and dark 21st-century plays by Clive Barker and Conor McPherson. The book compiles the history and behind-the-scenes tales surrounding stage productions about monsters, hauntings and horrors both historical and imagined. Included are the nightmarish adaptations of popular writings from Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde, H.G. Wells, Henry James, Arthur Conan Doyle, and others, as well as plays starring popular characters like Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the Invisible Man, the Phantom of the Opera, and the Woman in Black. More than 500 plays are documented, accompanied by dozens of photographs. Entries include plot synopses, existing production data, and evaluations by critics and scholars.

Grand-Guignol

Richard J. Hand,Michael Wilson
Grand Guignol Book PDF

Author : Richard J. Hand,Michael Wilson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Drama
ISBN : UOM:39015056426821

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Grand-Guignol by Richard J. Hand,Michael Wilson Pdf

Since the theatre closed its doors 40 years ago, the genre has been overlooked by critics and theatre historians. This book considers 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.

Chicago TV Horror Movie Shows

Ted Okuda,Mark Yurkiw
Chicago TV Horror Movie Shows Book PDF

Author : Ted Okuda,Mark Yurkiw
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780809335381

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Chicago TV Horror Movie Shows by Ted Okuda,Mark Yurkiw Pdf

Originally published: Chicago: Lake Claremont Press, 2007.

Shock Theatre Chicago Style

Donald F. Glut
Shock Theatre Chicago Style Book PDF

Author : Donald F. Glut
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786489718

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Shock Theatre Chicago Style by Donald F. Glut Pdf

From December 1957 through October 1959, Chicago TV viewers were held in thrall by "Marvin," the ghoulishly hilarious host of WBKB-TV's late-night horror film series Shock Theatre. Marvin and his lady friend "Dear" (her face ever hidden from the camera) introduced thousands of Chicagoland youngsters to such classic Universal chillers as Frankenstein, Dracula and The Wolf Man. This history of Shock Theatre focuses on the series and its creator, Marvin himself--in real life, the multi-talented Terry Bennett, whose wife Joy played "Dear." Terry's son Kerry Bennett provides an affectionate foreword, while celebrated horror host Count Gore De Vol (Dick Dyszel) supplies the afterword. Included are dozens of photos and vintage advertisement reproductions, as well as two appendices featuring a resume of Terry Bennett's career and a list of films telecast during his two-year Shock Theatre run.

Grand-Guignol

Richard J. Hand,Michael Wilson
Grand Guignol Book PDF

Author : Richard J. Hand,Michael Wilson
Publisher : Exeter Performance Studies
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 085989696X

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Grand-Guignol by Richard J. Hand,Michael Wilson Pdf

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.

The Grand Guignol

Mel Gordon
The Grand Guignol Book PDF

Author : Mel Gordon
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1997-08-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019330047

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The Grand Guignol by Mel Gordon Pdf

The Theatre of the Grand Guignol, which began in turn-of-the-century Paris, celebrated horror and fear. Innocent victims, mangled beauty, insanity, mutilation, depravity and guilt were its primary themes. This text examines its history, themes and methods and summarizes its plots.

London's Grand Guignol and the Theatre of Horror

Richard J. Hand,Michael Wilson
London s Grand Guignol and the Theatre of Horror Book PDF

Author : Richard J. Hand,Michael Wilson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Drama
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131766136

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London's Grand Guignol and the Theatre of Horror by Richard J. Hand,Michael Wilson Pdf

London's Grand Guignol--a macabre theatre of naturalistic horror--was established in the early 1920s at the Little Theatre in the West End. Taking its cue from Le Théâtre du Grand-Guignol in Paris, this high-profile venture enjoyed as much critical controversy as popular success. On its side were some of the finest actors of the English stage, such as Sybil Thorndike and Lewis Casson, as well as a team of extremely able writers, including the legendary Noël Coward. London's Grand Guignol and the Theatre of Horror considers the importance and influence of the Grand Guignol within its social, cultural, and historical contexts, while presenting a selection of ten remarkable Grand Guignol plays, several of which were banned by the Lord Chamberlain, the censor of the day, and have never been publicly performed--including a previously unpublished work by Coward. The companion volume to Grand-Guignol: The French Theatre of Horror, already in its third edition, this book is an essential addition to any gore-loving student of drama and the twentieth-century theatre of horror.

Teatro Grottesco

Thomas Ligotti
Teatro Grottesco Book PDF

Author : Thomas Ligotti
Publisher : Random House
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009-11-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780753525173

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Teatro Grottesco by Thomas Ligotti Pdf

Thomas Ligotti is often cited as the most curious and remarkable figure in horror literature since H. P. Lovecraft. His work is noted by critics for its display of an exceptionally grotesque imagination and accomplished prose style. In his stories, Ligotti has followed a literary tradition that began with Edgar Allan Poe, portraying characters that are outside of anything that might be called normal life, depicting strange locales far off the beaten track, and rendering a grim vision of human existence as a perpetual nightmare. The horror stories collected in Teatro Grottesco feature tormented individuals who play out their doom in various odd little towns, as well as in dark sectors frequented by sinister and often blackly comical eccentrics. The cycle of narratives introduce readers to a freakish community of artists who encounter demonic perils that ultimately engulf their lives.

Grand-Guignol Cinema and the Horror Genre

Mario DeGiglio-Bellemare
Grand Guignol Cinema and the Horror Genre Book PDF

Author : Mario DeGiglio-Bellemare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1839980966

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Grand-Guignol Cinema and the Horror Genre by Mario DeGiglio-Bellemare Pdf

Grand-Gugignol Cinema and the Horror Genre traces important contributions of the Parisian Grand-Guignol theatre's Golden Age as theoretical considerations of embodiment and affect in the development of horror cinema in the twentieth century. This study traces key components of the Grand-Guignol stage as a means to explore the immersive and corporeal aspects of horror cinema from the sound period to today. The book is a means to explore the Grand-Guignol not only as a historical place and genre, but theoretically, as a conceptual framework that opens up an affective mapping of Grand-Guignol attractions in cinema. In a broader theoretical sense, Mario DeGiglio-Bellemare positions Grand-Guignol cinema in corporeal and affective terms as a way to discuss central themes from the Golden Age of the Grand-Guignol theatre as they figure within the framework of post-representational analysis in cinema studies. Post-representational analysis draws meaning out of matter, or the material intensities of films; here, making sense (representation and meaning) and also sensing (in a more corporeal, sensorial way) have political relevance that cut across gender, class, race and sexuality. The author deploys the Grand-Guignol as a conceptual tool to reveal its important influence on the horror genre by focusing on the dominant themes of the Grand-Guignol theatre that cinematic horror has taken up in its own immersive theatrics of the corporeal and sensorial. This study's restoration of a long Grand-Guignol tradition in cinema makes it a significant contribution to new theorizations of horror. It brings seemingly disparate traditions into conversation, as American, Canadian, French, and Italian cinema are all important sites for thinking through cinematic embodiment. These four countries have developed their own important genres and movements of Grand-Guignol cinema: the slasher, the "French Films of Sensation," Canadian "body horror," and the giallo. The Grand-Guignol famously operated in a dead-end of Chaptal Street, in the Pigalle district of Paris; this study offers affective and corporeal readings that open up new byways beyond the dead-end of psychoanalytic readings that continue to be dominant in horror genre scholarship.

Videogames and Horror

Dawn Stobbart
Videogames and Horror Book PDF

Author : Dawn Stobbart
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781786834379

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Videogames and Horror by Dawn Stobbart Pdf

Videogames are full of horrors – and of horror, a facet of the media that has been largely overlooked by the academic community in terms of lengthy studies in the fast-growing field of videogame scholarship. This book engages with the research of prominent scholars across the humanities to explore the presence, role and function of horror in videogames, and in doing so it demonstrates how videogames enter discussion on horror and offer a unique, radical space that horror is particularly suited to fill. The topics covered include the construction of stories in videogames, the role of the monster and, of course, how death is treated as a learning tool and as a facet of horror.