marat sade

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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** (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 1963 play by Peter Weiss. 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. (Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marat/Sade))

subjects: Drama,  Assassination,  Psychiatric hospital patients,  History,  English drama,  German drama,  Translations into English,  Translations from German,  Drama (dramatic works by one author),  German literature,  Marat/Sade (Weiss),  Theater programs,  Specimens,  Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats (Weiss, Peter)

People: Jean Paul Marat (1743-1793),  Sade marquis de (1740-1814),  Peter Weiss (1916-1982)

Places: France

Times: Revolution, 1789-1799,  20th century