\u003cp\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cBR\u003eFrom the authors of the successful \u003cem\u003eGrand-Guignol \u003c/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eLondon\u0026rsquo;s Grand Guignol\u003c/em\u003e - also published by UEP \u0026ndash; this book includes translations of a further eleven plays, adding significantly to the repertoire of Grand-Guignol plays available in the English language.\u0026nbsp; The emphasis in the translation and adaptation of these plays is once again to foreground the performability of the scripts within a modern context \u0026ndash; making \u003cem\u003ePerforming Grand-Guignol \u003c/em\u003ean ideal acting guide.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cBR\u003eHand and Wilson have acquired extremely rare acting copies of plays which have never been published and scripts that were published in the early years of the twentieth century but have not been published since \u0026ndash; even in French. Includes plays written by, or adapted from, such notable writers as Octave Mirbeau, Gaston Leroux and St John Ervine as well as examples by Grand-Guignol stalwarts Ren\u0026eacute; Berton and Andr\u0026eacute; de Lorde.\u0026nbsp; Also included is the 1920s London translation of \u003cem\u003eBlind Man\u0026rsquo;s Buff \u003c/em\u003ewritten by Charles Hellem and Pol d\u0026rsquo;Estoc and banned by the Lord Chamberlain.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cBR\u003eA brief history of the Parisian theatre is also included, for the benefit of readers who have not read the previous books.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cBR\u003e\u003cP\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cBR\u003e\u003cP\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cBR\u003e\u003cP\u003e\u003c/p\u003e
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