Saturday, October 8, 2011

Cabinets of Curiosity





Reflections of Rigoletto
or how the hunchback gave his only daughter to die for our sins


A cabinet of curiosities starring Victor Hugo, Verdi, Saint-Simon, Louis-Philippe, Mr Punch
with a full cast of dwarfs, hunchbacks and puppets, the portrait of Mr Dorian Grey
and supported by the ThĂȘatre Grand Guignol de Montmartre.




James Beswick Whitehead was born in Southport and educated at St. Mary's College, Crosby and the University College of North Wales, Bangor. Based near Central Manchester, his day job is teaching English.  His articles on films, literature and classical music, have been widely disseminated via the Internet and translated into several languages.  Since 2004, he has concentrated on film, with a special interest in Alfred Hitchcock, Carl Theodor Dreyer and European Cinema. He is currently working on a volume of film studies entitled, Did you see what I did? Do you know what it means? Part of it can be read on this website.
 

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