Grand Guignol - Summer of Terror

EATtheatre
Authored by EATtheatre
Posted: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 7:34pm

EAT Theatre brings you three short plays that explore the darker side of the human condition. Two are by a true forgotten hero of British Grand Guignol, Frederick Witney. The naturalistic viciousness that Witney injected into his writing resulted in Coals of Fire being banned outright when submitted for a licence for the 1920s London Grand Guignol. A blind woman warms herself by a fire whilst as a younger woman confesses that she is having an affair with her husband, with dire consequences!

The Last Kiss is Witney's darker, and altogether nastier, adaptation of a Maurice Level short story.‘He’ is blind and badly scarred following an acid attack by his jealous lover some months earlier. ‘She’, having been prosecuted for the attack, pays him a visit three days after her release…

La Morte de L'Amour (The Death of Love) is a brand new Grand Guignol play. Three people find themselves in a room bound to chairs. The husband has 15 minutes to decide who dies: his wife or his lover... Expect 60 minutes of pure unadulterated terror as EAT take audiences on a macabre journey deep into the darker side of the human psyche with their fourth Grand Guignol production and their most challenging to date.

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Venue

Barmfield Theatre

Event Date

Tuesday, June 11, 2013 - 8:00pm to 9:00pm

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