Promotional postcard showing a playbill of entertainment showing at the Theatre du Grand-Guinol in Paris, featuring La Fosse aux Filles by Alexandre Kouprine, Le Chevalier Canepin by M. Henri Duvernois, Un Drame a Bord by M Adriel and Lucette At Sa Tante by M. Maxime Girard. Le Th??tre du Grand-Guignol ("The Theatre of the Great Puppet")?known as the Grand Guignol?was a theatre in the Pigalle area of Paris (at 20 bis, rue Chaptal (fr)). From its opening in 1897 until its closing in 1962, it specialised in naturalistic horror shows.