Here we see a handsome man whose job it was to carry a sign strapped to his back around Paris in 1912. He was promoting a play called "The Man Who Saw the Devil." Had I been in town,
I would have gawked at the man and totally missed the ad's message.
Grand Guignol 1897-1962
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Very popular in its day, changing attitudes and public taste, motion pictures and télévision brought about the demise of Grand Guignol.
Today there is interest in reviving it.
I would be following him all around. I saw a revival of a Grand Guignol play in London in 2014, not for everyone's taste.
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