Lorde, A.de (English spelling) LordeAde

Japanese: Lorde,A.de(英語表記)LordeAde
Lorde, A.de (English spelling) LordeAde

...Since 1597, Oscar Méténier, Max Maurey and others have performed a succession of short plays that combine horror with extraordinary laughter, attracting audiences, and the troupe has gained a reputation for its horror stories in particular. Thanks to the efforts of André de Lorde, a resident playwright known as the "Prince de la Terreur" and known for his adaptations of EA Poe's novels, the expression "like Grand Guignol" has come to be used to refer to over-the-top melodramas and horror stories in general, and today this term is used to refer to such theatrical genres. After World War II, the troupe continued to maintain its tradition of horror stories, but also expanded into the world of crime novels, which it called the "série noire" (dark series). ...

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Japanese:

…97年以降,メテニエOscar Méténier,モレーMax Maureyらによって,恐怖感と並はずれた陽気な笑いの混交した短編戯曲が次々と上演されて客足を引き,特に恐怖物で評判が上がった。E.A.ポーの小説翻案で売り,通称〈恐怖の王Prince de la Terreur〉といわれた座付作者アンドレ・ド・ロルドAndré de Lordeらの活躍で,度を越したメロドラマや恐怖物の芝居一般を指して〈まるでグラン・ギニョルだ〉という表現まで使われるようになり,今日では,この語はそのような演劇ジャンルの名称として用いられる。第2次大戦後も一座は恐怖物の伝統を守りつつ,一方では〈暗黒シリーズsérie noire〉と称する犯罪小説の世界にも手を広げた。…

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