Andre de Lorde was the master of the gruesome French thrillers in this "Grand" gory genre
.... permanent repertory Grand Guignol 
company; plays within their current repertoire include French Guignol classics 
such as... [DOC] [TLE] Andr de Lorde - Wikipedia [PAR] Andr de Latour, comte de Lorde (18691942) was a French playwright, the 
main author of the Grand Guignol plays from 1901 to 1926.