The Marquis de Sade is locked in the Charenton mental hospital and decides to put on a play. His overseers agree as long as he follows certain conditions. He writes and directs the other mental patients in a play based on the life of Jean-Paul Marat. As the play progresses, the inmates become more and more possessed by the violence of the play and become extremely difficult to control. Finally, all chaos breaks loose.
Marat/Sade (1967)The Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat As Performed by The Inmates of The Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction The Marquis de Sade by Peter Weiss
I was very happy to find this piece. I played in a version in Detroit in the late 60's as an extra. I still have the script.
I was very happy to find this piece. I played in a version in Detroit in the late 60's as an extra. I still have the script.
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