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Set in the historical Charenton Asylum, Marat/Sade is almost entirely a "play within a play". 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 ...
- Peter Weiss
- 1964
Marat/Sade. Also known as: “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 as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade”.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Marat/Sade: Directed by Peter Brook. With Patrick Magee, Ian Richardson, Michael Williams, Clifford Rose. In an insane asylum, Marquis de Sade directs Jean Paul Marat's last days through a theater play.
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- Drama, History, Music
- Peter Brook
- 1967-04-13
Country. United Kingdom. Language. English. 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, usually shortened to Marat/Sade ( pronounced [ma.ʁa.sad] ), is a 1967 British film adaptation of Peter Weiss ' play Marat/Sade.
Marat/Sade is set in 1808, when the Revolution was over, but the play reenacts an important event from those bloody days—the assassination of Marat, one of the revolutions’ key architects. The Foundation of Weiss’s Politics. Weiss experienced three major wars in his lifetime.
Marat/Sade is set in 1808, when the Revolution was over, but the play reenacts an important event from those bloody days—the assassination of Marat, one of the revolution's key architects.
Reviews. Marat/Sade. Roger Ebert May 02, 1967. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. The problem of bringing a play to the screen has been approached in many ways, often disastrously, but it is hard to recall a film that solves it so triumphantly as Peter Brook's "Marat/ Sade."
