Marat/Sade (stage production)

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Marat/Sade (stage production) is Peter Brook’s groundbreaking Royal Shakespeare Company staging of Peter Weiss’s play that blends historical drama with avant-garde theatrical experimentation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf stage production ⓘ
theatrical production ⓘ
adaptedAs Marat/Sade (1967 film) ⓘ
artForm drama ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
associatedWith Peter Brook ⓘ
Peter Weiss ⓘ
Royal Shakespeare Company ⓘ
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

play by Peter Weiss ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
director Peter Brook ⓘ
featuresCharacter Jean-Paul Marat ⓘ
Marquis de Sade ⓘ
form play-within-a-play ⓘ
genre avant-garde theatre ⓘ
historical drama ⓘ
political theatre ⓘ
hasSubject class struggle ⓘ
madness ⓘ
political ideology ⓘ
revolution ⓘ
violence ⓘ
historicalContext post-war European theatre ⓘ
influenced later experimental theatre productions ⓘ
influencedBy Artaudian theatre of cruelty ⓘ
linked to: Theatre of Cruelty

epic theatre ⓘ
languageOfPerformance English ⓘ
medium live theatre ⓘ
notableFor breaking the fourth wall ⓘ
innovative staging ⓘ
integration of music and movement ⓘ
politically charged interpretation ⓘ
use of ensemble physical theatre ⓘ
originalLanguage German ⓘ
performanceStyle ensemble ⓘ
highly physical ⓘ
premiereCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
premiereDate 1964 ⓘ
premiereLocation Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon ⓘ
Stratford-upon-Avon ⓘ
linked to: Stratford-on-Avon
producedBy Royal Shakespeare Company ⓘ
productionCompany Royal Shakespeare Company ⓘ
setInPeriod French Revolution ⓘ
stagedIn 1960s ⓘ
theatricalCompany Royal Shakespeare Company ⓘ

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Peter Brook → directed → Marat/Sade (stage production) ⓘ
Marat/Sade → fullTitle → Die Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats dargestellt durch die Schauspielgruppe des Hospizes zu Charenton unter Anleitung des Herrn de Sade ⓘ
linked to: Marat/Sade (stage production)