More Gruesome than the Opera: The Grand Guignol [Something Interesting #54]

Remembering watching Crash Course: Theater several years ago, I forgot there was an episode entirely focused on the Grand Guignol, a Parisian theater focused entirely on short plays about murder and mayhem with stage gore as realistic as they could get it. Reading about it is quite wild and I'm honestly surprised there hasn't been more attempts at reviving it like they've done with cabarets and burlesques.

The video's probably you're best start but I've also collected several other resources below of possible interest:

Wikipedia entry about the Grand Guignol

A cool website dedicated to all things Grand Guignol

"Why the Grand Guignol was so shocking" by Holly Williams (BBC)

"Le Grand Guignol: A Parisian Theatre That Helped Birth the Horror Genre" by Courtney Traub (Paris Unlocked)

"On The Gruesome Greatness of the Grand Guignol" by Trav S.D. (Travelanche)

"Madness, Torture and Murder on a Paris Stage: That’s Entertainment!" by Ben Cosgrove (Time)

"On the Incredible, Gruesome Legacy of Paris's Grand Guignol Theater" by Olivia Rutigliano (CrimeReads)