Théâtre du Grand-Guignol

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Name (Latin)
Théâtre du Grand-Guignol
Other forms of name
Grand-Guignol (Theater)
Coordinates
2.3331 2.3331 48.8814 48.8814 (gooearth )
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Other Identifiers

VIAF: 150033867
Wikidata: Q751317
Library of congress: n 79133296
Sources of Information
  • Grand Guignol, 1976 (subj.)t.p. (Grand Guignol) p. 7 (Théâtre du Grand-Guignol; f. 1898, rue Chaptal, Paris) p. 16 etc. (reproductions of posters: Théâtre du Grand-Guignol)
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Wikipedia description:

The Théâtre du Grand-Guignol (French pronunciation: [lə teɑtʁ dy ɡʁɑ̃ ɡiɲɔl]) was a theater in the Pigalle district of Paris (7, cité Chaptal). From its opening in 1897 until its closing in 1962, it specialized in horror shows. Its name is often used as a general term for graphic, amoral horror entertainment, a genre popular from Elizabethan and Jacobean theater (for instance Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, and Webster's The Duchess of Malfi and The White Devil), to today's splatter films.

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