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What (who) is Guignol - definition
Guignol
CHARACTER IN A FRENCH PUPPET SHOW
Guignol () is the main character in a French puppet show which has come to bear his name. It represents the workers in the silk industry of France.
Grand Guignol
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THEATRE IN THE PIGALLE AREA OF PARIS
Grand guignol; Théâtre du Grand-Guignol; Grand-Guignol; Théâtre du Grand Guignol
Le Théâtre du Grand-Guignol (: "The Theatre of the Great Puppet") – known as the Grand Guignol – was a theatre in the Pigalle district of Paris (7, cité Chaptal). From its opening in 1897 until its closing in 1962, it specialised in naturalistic horror shows.
Grand Guignol
THEATRE IN THE PIGALLE AREA OF PARIS
Grand guignol; Théâtre du Grand-Guignol; Grand-Guignol; Théâtre du Grand Guignol
[?gr?Grand Guignol gi:'nj?l]
¦ noun a dramatic entertainment of a sensational or horrific nature, originally as performed at the Grand Guignol theatre in Paris.
Origin
Fr., lit. 'Great Punch'.
Examples of use of Guignol
1. But the Victorian view of death was not always Grand Guignol.
2. Well, come back after your interval G and T for more in this unmistakable vein of grand guignol All this is very well and good, but it‘s obviously impacting on the artistic achievements of the house.
3. His preferred reference work is Professor R D Lockhart‘s Living Anatomy ("A Photographic Atlas of Muscles in Action and Surface Contours"). This dislike of emotional grand guignol, of grandstanding exhibitionism, is at once typically Australian and classically modernist.