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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 (or Marat Sade)
The Persecution and Assassination of JeanPaul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade - or Marat Sade
Author: Peter Weiss (English Version by Geoffrey Skelton, Verse Adaptation by Adrian Mitchell)
This extraordinary play, which swept Europe before coming to America, is based on two historical truths: the infamous Marquis de Sade was confined in the lunatic asylum of Charenton, where he staged plays; and the revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat was stabbed in a bathtub by Charlotte Corday at the height of the Terror during the French Revolution. ...  more »
ISBN: 188087
Publication Date: 1965
Pages: 117
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Publisher: The Dramatic Publishing Company
Book Type: Paperback
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