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‘GRAND GUIGNOL ― a dramatic entertainment of a sensational or horrific nature, originally a sequence of short pieces as performed at the Grand Guignol theatre in Paris.’ Oxford English Reference Dictionary
The Grand Guignol, then and now. Top: Ticket stubs for the original Parisian theatre, from 1927, and [right] Todd Robbins in Play Dead, written and directed by Teller, coming to the London stage in 2012. Photo: Carol Rosegg.
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