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5%OFFRichard J. Hand - Performing Grand-Guignol: Playing the Theatre of Horror (Exeter Performance Studies) - 9780859899963 - V9780859899963
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Performing Grand-Guignol: Playing the Theatre of Horror (Exeter Performance Studies)

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Description for Performing Grand-Guignol: Playing the Theatre of Horror (Exeter Performance Studies) Paperback. 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. Series: Exeter Performance Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: ANF; ANH; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
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 ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
University of Exeter Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Exeter Performance Studies
Condition
New
Weight
559g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Exeter, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780859899963
SKU
V9780859899963
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About Richard J. Hand
Richard J. Hand is Professor of Media Practice and Head of Media, Film and TV Studies at University of East Anglia. He is the co-editor of the Journal of Adaptation in Film and Performance, a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Richard has written extensively ... Read more

Reviews for Performing Grand-Guignol: Playing the Theatre of Horror (Exeter Performance Studies)
From reviews of Grand-Guignol: The French Theatre of Horror (UEP, 2002) `Richard J. Hand and Michael Wilson . . . manage in a number of telling ways to make the subject their own. . . . Hand and Wilson's main interest in Grand Guignol is . . . that of present-day theatre practitioners seeking to understand ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Performing Grand-Guignol: Playing the Theatre of Horror (Exeter Performance Studies)


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