| Performing Grand-Guignol: Playing the Theatre of Horror Contributor(s): Hand, Richard J. (Author), Wilson, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0859899950 ISBN-13: 9780859899956 Publisher: University of Exeter Press OUR PRICE: $110.88 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 792.09 |
| Series: Exeter Performance Studies |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.50 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 context - making Performing Grand-Guignol an ideal acting guide. Hand and Wilson have acquired extremely rare acting copies of plays which have never been published and scripts that were published in the early years of the twentieth century but have not been published since - even in French. Includes plays written by, or adapted from, such notable writers as Octave Mirbeau, Gaston Leroux and St John Ervine as well as examples by Grand-Guignol stalwarts RenE Berton and Andre de Lorde. Also included is the 1920s London translation of Blind Man's Buff written by Charles Hellem and Pol d'Estoc and banned by the Lord Chamberlain. A brief history of the Parisian theatre is also included, for the benefit of readers who have not read the previous books. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hand, Richard J.: - Richard J. Hand is professor of theater and media drama at the Cardiff School of Creative and Cultural Industries, University of Glamorgan.Wilson, Michael: - Michael Wilson is professor of drama at Loughborough University. |