Marat/Sade

Marat/Sade
Written byPeter Weiss
CharactersMarquis de Sade
Coulmier
Jean-Paul Marat
Simone Évrard
Charlotte Corday
Duperret
Jacques Roux
The Herald
Kokol
Polpoch
Cucurucu
Rossignol
MuteMme Coulmier
Mlle Coulmier
Male Nurses
Asylum inmates
Sisters
Musicians
Date premieredApril 29, 1964 (1964-04-29)
Place premieredSchillertheater, West Berlin, Germany
Original languageGerman
SubjectFrench Revolution, sado-masochism
GenreA play with music
SettingCharenton Asylum, France
1808

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 (German: Die Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats dargestellt durch die Schauspielgruppe des Hospizes zu Charenton unter Anleitung des Herrn de Sade), usually shortened to Marat/Sade (pronounced [ma.ʁa.sad]), is a 1963 play by Peter Weiss. 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.


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