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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

by Peter Weiss
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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
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

Historical drama meets avant-garde theater madness.

If you're intrigued by the intersections of history, psychology, and avant-garde artistry, this is your play. It's a bold reimagining of revolution and madness, with layers of meta-theatrical complexity. Engage with how Weiss blurs lines between reality and performance, all through the eyes of the most notorious libertine, Marquis de Sade. A compelling read for those who appreciate theater that pushes boundaries.

  • PEN Translation Prize for Geoffrey Skelton & Adrian Mitchell (1966)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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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

by Peter Weiss
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ISBN: 9781577662310
Authors: Peter Weiss
Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc
Date of Publication: 2001-11-30
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Drama, Historical Fiction
Related Topics: Theatre
Goodreads rating: 4.02
(rated by 4859 readers)

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This extraordinary play, which swept across Europe before coming to America, is based on two historical truths: the infamous Marquis de Sade was confined in the lunatic asylum of Charenton, where he staged plays; and the revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat was stabbed in a bathtub by Charlotte Corday at the height of the Terror during the French Revolution. But this play-within-a-play is not historical drama. Its thought is as modern as today's police states and The Bomb; its theatrical impact has everywhere been called a major innovation. It is total theatre: philosophically problematic, visually terrifying. It engages the eye, the ear, and the mind with every imaginable dramatic device, technique, and stage picture, even including song and dance. All the forces and elements possible to the stage are fused in one overwhelming experience. This is theatre such as has rarely been seen before. The play is basically concerned with the problem of revolution. Are the same things true for the masses and for their leaders? And where, in modern times, lie the borderlines of sanity?
 

Historical drama meets avant-garde theater madness.

If you're intrigued by the intersections of history, psychology, and avant-garde artistry, this is your play. It's a bold reimagining of revolution and madness, with layers of meta-theatrical complexity. Engage with how Weiss blurs lines between reality and performance, all through the eyes of the most notorious libertine, Marquis de Sade. A compelling read for those who appreciate theater that pushes boundaries.

  • PEN Translation Prize for Geoffrey Skelton & Adrian Mitchell (1966)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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