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1 online resource (x, 291 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Exeter performance studies
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Exeter performance studies.
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Includes 10 plays of the genre staged in 1920's London; Private room number 6 adapted by José G. Levy from Au rat mort, cabinet 6, by André de Lorde and Pierre Chaine; The old women is a translation by Christopher Holland of Crime dans une maison de fous, by André de Lorde and Alfred Binet. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-283) and index. |
| Contents |
Sect. 1. A History of London's Grand Guignol -- Issues of genre and writing -- Performers and performing -- Censorship and reception -- London's Grand Guignol and the reviewers -- Aftermath and Legacy -- Sect. 2. Ten plays of London's Grand Guignol. Eight o'clock / Reginald Berkeley -- A man in Mary's room / Gladys Unger -- Private room number 6 / André de Lorde and Pierre Chaine -- Person unknown / H.F. Maltby -- Latitude 15° south / Victor MacClure -- Old women / [translated by] Christopher Holland -- Nutcracker suite / Eliot Crawshay-Williams -- Sisters' tragedy / Richard Hughes -- Better half / Noel Coward -- I want to go home / H.F. Maltby -- Appendices. London's Grand Guignol, 1920-1922 -- The complete repertoire of London's Grand Guignol, 1920-1922 -- Extract from Oh, Hell!!! a "revuette" / by Reginald Arkell and Russell Thorndike. |
| Summary |
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. -- Amazon.com. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Little Theatre (London, England)
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Little Theatre (London, England) |
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Théâtre du Grand-Guignol -- History.
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Théâtre du Grand-Guignol. |
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History. |
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Levy, José.
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Theater -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century.
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Theater. |
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England -- London. |
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20th century |
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Horror plays, English -- 20th century.
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Horror plays, English. |
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Horror in literature.
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Horror in literature. |
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Naturalism in literature.
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Naturalism in literature. |
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One-act plays.
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One-act plays.
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History.
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Wilson, Michael, 1963-
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Chaine, Pierre, 1882-1963.
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Binet, Alfred, 1857-1911.
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Holland, Christopher.
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Berkeley, Reginald, 1890-1935.
Eight o'clock.
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Unger, Gladys, -1940.
Man in Mary's room.
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Lorde, André de, 1871-1942.
Au rat mort, cabinet 6. English.
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Levy, José.
Private room number 6.
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Maltby, H. F. (Henry Francis), 1880-1963.
Person unknown.
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MacClure, Victor, 1887-1963.
Latitude 15° south.
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Lorde, André de, 1871-1942.
Crime dans une maison de fous. English.
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Crawshay-Williams, Eliot, 1879-1962.
Nutcracker suite.
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Hughes, Richard, 1900-1976.
Sisters' tragedy.
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Coward, Noël, 1899-1973.
Better half.
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Maltby, H. F. (Henry Francis), 1880-1963.
I want to go home.
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| Added Title |
Old women.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hand, Richard J. London's Grand Guignol and the theatre of horror. Exeter, UK : University of Exeter Press, 2007 9780859897891 (OCoLC)181599691 |
| ISBN |
9781905816361 (electronic book) |
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1905816367 (electronic book) |
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9780859897891 |
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0859897893 |
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9780859897921 |
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0859897923 |
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9781336101821 (electronic book) |
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1336101822 (electronic book) |
| Sudoc No. |
PAR7014 |
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