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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Predicate Object
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