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The main story takes place on 13 July 1808; the play directed by the Marquis de Sade within the story takes place 15 years earlier, during the French Revolution, culminating in the assassination (13 July 1793) of Jean-Paul Marat, then quickly brings the audience up to date (1808).
- Peter Weiss
- 1964
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Marat/Sade, play in two acts by German dramatist Peter Weiss, published and performed in West Berlin (now part of Berlin) in 1964 under the title Die Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats, dargestellt durch die Schauspielgruppe des Hospizes zu Charenton unter Anleitung des Herrn de Sade ( The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat ...
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A film about a play within a play, where inmates of a French insane asylum perform a historical drama about the French Revolution and its victims. The film explores the themes of politics, philosophy, sanity, and madness through the characters of Marat, Sade, and Corday.
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- Drama, History, Music
- Peter Brook
- 1967-04-13
In the Charenton Asylum in 1808, the Marquis de Sade stages a play about the murder of Jean-Paul Marat by Charlotte Corday, using his fellow inmates as actors. The director of the hospital, Monsieur Coulmier, supervises the performance, accompanied by his wife and daughter.
Marat/Sade is a play by Peter Weiss that depicts the French Revolution and the encounter between Jean-Paul Marat and the Marquis de Sade in an insane asylum. The article discusses the play's historical context, style, themes, reception, and adaptation by Peter Brook.
Peter Brook's film version of Peter Weiss' play about the Marquis de Sade directing a play about Marat's assassination in an asylum. Ebert praises Brook's use of cinematic techniques to enhance the drama and the performances of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
A film adaptation of a play by Peter Weiss, based on the life and works of Marquis de Sade and Jean-Paul Marat. The film depicts a theatrical performance in an asylum, where the inmates enact the French Revolution and the death of Marat.
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