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Grand Guignol

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Grand Guignol

Short plays of violence, horror, and sadism popular in 20th-century Parisian cabarets. The name probably derives from the violent plots that featured the puppet Guignol. The plays were performed mainly at the Théâtre du Grand Guignol from 1897 to 1962. The genre was introduced into England in 1908, but it remained mainly a Parisian theatrical form.
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Grand Guignol excess was never more evident than at Steve Olson's recent Coming Out Party art exhibition, held at 800 North La Cieniega.
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