Marat/Sade
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The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade (), usually shortened to Marat/Sade (), is a play written in 1963 by Peter Weiss and fully staged for the first time the following year. The work was first published in German.
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- Author
- Verstandnis
- First published
- 1998
- Editions
- 1
- Subjects
- Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats (Weiss, Peter)
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Key facts
- Play.name
- Marat/Sade
- Play.image
- MaratSadePlayCover.jpg
- Play.writer
- Peter Weiss
- Play.characters
- Marquis de SadeCoulmierJean-Paul MaratSimone ÉvrardCharlotte CordayDuperretJacques RouxThe HeraldKokolPolpochCucurucuRossignol
- Play.mute
- Mme CoulmierMlle CoulmierMale NursesAsylum inmatesSistersMusicians
- Play.place
- Schillertheater, West Berlin, Germany
- Play.orig_lang
- German
- Play.subject
- French Revolution, sado-masochism
- Play.genre
- A play with music
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Musical score
- Productions
- Other notable productions
- Film adaptation
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade (), usually shortened to Marat/Sade (), is a play written in 1963 by Peter Weiss and fully staged for the first time the following year. The work was first published in German.
Incorporating dramatic elements characteristic of both Antonin Artaud and Bertolt Brecht, it is a depiction of class struggle and human suffering that asks whether true revolution comes from changing society or changing oneself.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marat/Sade” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.