The plays listed below premiered at the Grand Guignol Theatre between the years of 1950 and 1959. The original French title of the play is listed first in color, followed by a rough English translation (in parentheses), the genre, and the playwright(s). While the list is extensive, it is not necessarily complete. If you know of any corrections or additions, feel free to email us.
1950
Pas d'Orchidées Pour Miss Blandish
(No Orchids for Miss Blandish) drama, Élaine Charles
and Marcel Duhamel (after James Hadley Chase). Directed
by Alexandre Dunas. [Related
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1951
Nuits Corses (Corsican Nights)
drama, Charles Hellem and Pol d'Estoc
Une garce (A Bitch) drama,
Louis-Jean Finot
1952
Coopération (Cooperation)
comedy, José de Bérys. Directed by Jean Gobert.
J'ai une touche (I Have a Touch)
comedy, José de Bérys
La Farce de ténébreux
(The Joke of the Dark One), Michel de Ghelderode
Le Bonhomme Bénédictus
(The Bénédictus Fellow) comedy, Pierre Giafféri
Le Dernier Regard (The Last
Glance) comedy, R. Bastien. Directed by Jean Dout
Le Vampire (The Vampire) drama,
Jean-Joseph Renaud. Directed by the author.
Les Barbes nobles (The Noble
Beards) comedy, André Roussin. Directed by Georges
Vitaly.
Miss Choléra (Miss Cholera)
comedy, Jean Kolb and Jean Marsèle
Un saint homme (A Saintly Man)
comedy, José de Bérys
1953
Aglaé (Aglaé)
comedy, André Ransan
Dormez, je le veux! (Sleep,
I Want It) comedy, Georges Feydeau. Directed by Georges
Vitaly.
Du plomb pour ces demoiselles
(Lead for These Young Ladies) drama, Frédéric
Dard
La Garce et l'ange (The Bitch)
and the Angel drama, Frédéric Dard
L'Énigme de la chauve-souris
(The Enigma of the Bat) 'drame policier,' Mary Roberts Rinehart
and Avery Hopwood (French adaptation by R.J. Chaffard and
Cécil Robson)
1954
Dr Jekyll et Mr Hyde (Dr Jekyll
and Mr. Hyde) drama, Frédéric Dard (after
Robert-Louis Stevenson). Directed by Robert Hossein.
Les salauds vont en enfer (The
Bastards Go To Hell) 'drame en 2 actes et 7 tableaux,' Frédéric
Dard. Directed by Robert Hossein.
L'Étreinte sanglante
(The Bloody Embrace) drama, Marcelle Maurette
1955
Et les femmes n'en sauront rien
(And the Women Won't Know Anything of It) comedy, Paul Derval
La Chair de l'orchidée
(The Flesh of the Orchid) drama, Frédéric
Dard and Marcel Duhamel (after James Hadley Chase). Directed
by Robert Hossein.
La Monnaie de ses rêves
(The Money of Your Dreams) comedy, André Ransan
La Tueuse (The Killer) drama,
André-Paul Antoine. Directed by René Rocher
Les Assassins de Montchat (The
Assassins of Montchat) drama, Frédéric Dard
(after Paul Gordeaux). Directed by Michel de Ré
Sleeping-Party (Sleeping-Party)
comedy, André Mouëzy-Éon
1956
4 piéces d'André-Paul
Antoine, André-Paul Antoine. Directed by René
Rocher.
-- Adieu la terre (Goodbye
Ground)
-- Call-Girls
(Call-Girls)
-- Je
suis seule ce soir (I Am Alone This Evening)
-- Levons le rideau! (Raise
the Curtain!)
L'Assassin (The Assassin) drama,
Jean-Pierre Couty
L'École du strip-tease
(The School of Strip Tease) comedy, Eddy Ghilain and Fernand
Millaud. Directed by Fred Pasquali
L'Orgie dans le phare (The
Orgy in the Lighthouse) drama, Alfred Marchand
Meurtre au ralenti (Idle Murder)
drama, Boileau-Narcejac
Un truc américain (An
American Trick) comedy, Eddy Ghilain
1957
La Loterie de la mort (The
Lottery of Death) drama, Eddy Ghilain and Pierre Larroque
La Noce à papa (Dad's
Wedding) comedy, Alfred Marchand. Directed by Fred Pasquali.
La Violeuse (The Rapist) drama,
Eddy Ghilain
L'Espionne (The Spy) drama,
Eddy Ghilain
Moi, Napoléon! (Me,
Napoleon!) comedy, A. Dieudonné
1958
La Fin du monde (The End of
the World) drama, Max-Henri Cabridens (after Jacques Natanson)
La Torpille humaine (The Human
Torpedo) 'épisode de la guerre sous-marine,' Eddy
Ghilain
L'Amour passe-partout (The
Pass Key) comedy, Jacques Mareuil
Le Crime de La Toussaint (The
Crime of All Saint's Day) 'drame policier,' Pierre Larroque
Le Saut de la mort (The Leap
of Death) 'tragédie du cirque,' Eddy Ghilain (after
"Solto mortale" by Alfred Marchand)
Miss Vertu (Miss Virtue) 'comedie-farce,'
Jacques Mareuil. Directed by Fred Pasquali.
1959
La Ceinture de chasteté
(The Chastity Belt) 'comedie-vaudeville,' Eddy Ghilain.
Directed by Fred Pasquali.
La Rage au ventre (The Rage
in the Belly), Eddy Ghilain
Trois dans un lit, ou la Vengeance
d'un propriétaire (Three in a Bed, or The
Revenge of a Landlord) comedy, J. Charmat