Marat/Sade

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Marat/Sade is a groundbreaking 1963 play by Peter Weiss, famously staged by director Peter Brook, that blends historical drama and avant-garde theatre to explore revolution, madness, and political violence.

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instanceOf play ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ
adaptedAs film Marat/Sade (1967) ⓘ
author Peter Weiss ⓘ
awardReceived Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play (for Peter Brook) ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Play nomination ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
depictsEvent assassination of Jean-Paul Marat ⓘ
dramaticTechnique Brechtian techniques ⓘ
direct address to audience ⓘ
metatheatre ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1963 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace West Berlin ⓘ
form absurdist theatre ⓘ
epic theatre ⓘ
fullTitle Die Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats dargestellt durch die Schauspielgruppe des Hospizes zu Charenton unter Anleitung des Herrn de Sade ⓘ
genre avant-garde theatre ⓘ
drama ⓘ
historical drama ⓘ
political theatre ⓘ
hasPart character Charlotte Corday ⓘ
character Jean-Paul Marat ⓘ
character Marquis de Sade ⓘ
hasTranslation English adaptation by Adrian Mitchell ⓘ
English translation by Geoffrey Skelton ⓘ
influenced political theatre of the late 20th century ⓘ
mainSubject French Revolution ⓘ
class struggle ⓘ
individual versus society ⓘ
madness ⓘ
political violence ⓘ
revolution ⓘ
notableFilmDirector Peter Brook ⓘ
notableProductionCompany Royal Shakespeare Company ⓘ
notableProductionDirector Peter Brook ⓘ
originalLanguage German ⓘ
publisherOfFirstEdition Suhrkamp Verlag ⓘ
setting Charenton Asylum ⓘ
linked to: Charenton asylum
settingTime 1808 ⓘ
shortTitle Marat/Sade ⓘ
structure play within a play ⓘ
theme conflict between idealism and cynicism ⓘ
freedom and oppression ⓘ
limits of revolution ⓘ
role of violence in politics ⓘ
sanity and insanity ⓘ
timePeriodOfWork 20th century ⓘ

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Peter Brook → notableWork → Marat/Sade ⓘ
David Merrick → produced → Marat/Sade ⓘ
Peter Weiss → notableWork → 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 ⓘ
linked to: Marat/Sade
Peter Weiss → notableWork → Marat/Sade ⓘ
Marat/Sade → shortTitle → Marat/Sade ⓘ
Marat/Sade (stage production) → basedOn → 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 ⓘ
linked to: Marat/Sade
Marat/Sade (1967 film) → title → Marat/Sade ⓘ
Marat/Sade (1967 film) → basedOn → 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 ⓘ
linked to: Marat/Sade
Against Interpretation and Other Essays → hasEssay → Marat/Sade/Artaud ⓘ
linked to: Marat/Sade