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Bookmark or Share- Grand Guignol - WikipediaLe Théâtre du Grand-Guignol ( French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃ ɡiɲɔl]: "The Theatre of the Great Puppet")—known as the Grand Guignol –was a theatre in the Pigalle district of Paris (7, cité Chaptal). From its opening in 1897 until its closing in 1962, it specialised in naturalistic horror shows.
- Why the Grand Guignol was so shocking - BBCHidden in an old chapel in Paris, the Grand Guignol was the home to on-stage horror, with grisly, lo-fi special effects – plus sex – to tantalise the crowds.
- The Fin-de-Siècle Paris Theater Whose Performances Were Literally ...Comedy. Ah, the theater! So went the shows at the Le Théâtre du Grand-Guignol in Paris. One of the most notorious stages of all time, it was the place where playwrights staged horrific tales of...
- History - The Grand-Guignol: A DRAMATURGICAL GUIDELe Théâtre du Grand-Guignol was founded by Oscar Méténier in 1897. The theater’s drive was inspired by the true crime newspapers of Paris (Les Fait Divers). In response to these papers Méténier sought to create naturalistic shows displaying in brutal detail the lives of the disadvantaged and working class. Translated literally, the name ...
- Grand Guignol | theatrical form | BritannicaGrand Guignol, short plays popular in Parisian cabarets in the 19th century, especially at the Théâtre du Grand Guignol. The plays emphasized violence, horror, and sadism. Although Grand Guignol was introduced into England about 1908, it remained essentially a Parisian theatrical form.
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