Marat/Sade
| Marat/Sade | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Peter Weiss |
| Characters | Marquis de Sade Coulmier Jean-Paul Marat Simone Évrard Charlotte Corday Duperret Jacques Roux The Herald Kokol Polpoch Cucurucu Rossignol |
| Mute | Mme Coulmier Mlle Coulmier Male Nurses Asylum inmates Sisters Musicians |
| Date premiered | April 29, 1964 |
| Place premiered | Schillertheater, West Berlin, Germany |
| Original language | German |
| Subject | French Revolution, sado-masochism |
| Genre | A play with music |
| Setting | Charenton 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 play written in 1963 by Peter Weiss and fully staged for the first time the following year. 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.