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Updated: Monday, November 23, 2009 1:03 a.m.

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‘Grand Guignol’ beats date rape

Published Friday, October 12, 2007

Roofies, prostitutes, steak knives, electro funk and the vigorous use of knitting needles to gouge out the eyes of the mentally impaired are what apparently constitute a typical night at the Grand Guignol. And after one such night of extravagant blood-and-gore glamour, suffice it to say that strawberry syrup will never look the same again. Ever.

“Blood Box: An Evening of Grand Guignol,” directed by Matt Cornish DRA ’09, is a re-creation of three of the classic nineteenth century thrillers that originally played at the Theatre du Grand Guignol, a small Parisian playhouse infamous...

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