From the authors of the successful Grand-Guignol and London's Grand Guignol - also published by UEP - this book includes translations of a further eleven plays, adding significantly to the repertoire of Grand-Guignol plays available in the English language.

Richard J. Hand is professor of theater and media drama at the Cardiff School of Creative and Cultural Industries, University of Glamorgan. Michael Wilson is professor of drama at Loughborough University Hand and Wilson have written two other books on Grand-Guignol theater, Grand-Guignol: The French Theatre of Horror and London's Grand Guignol and the Theatre of Horror, both from University of Exeter Press.