Theatre and the macabre /
Theatre and the Macabre explores the morbid and gruesome onstage, from freak shows to the French Grand Guignol, from immersive theatre to dark tourism, stopping along the way to look at phantoms, severed heads, dances of death and dismembered bodies.
| Other Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cardiff :
University of Wales Press,
[2022].
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| Series: | Horror studies.
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| Summary: | Theatre and the Macabre explores the morbid and gruesome onstage, from freak shows to the French Grand Guignol, from immersive theatre to dark tourism, stopping along the way to look at phantoms, severed heads, dances of death and dismembered bodies. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 292 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-286) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1786838451 9781786838452 |