Madame de Sade
Madame de Sade (Sado Kōshaku Fujin) Author: Mishima Yukio
First Performance: 1965, Tokyo
Published: 1965
First English Translation: 1968
Genre: Drama in 3 acts; Japanese prose
Setting: Madame de Montreuil's house, 1772, 1778, 1790
Cast: 6f
When Alphonse Marquis de Sade is imprisoned for administering aphrodisiacs to, and whipping and sodomizing, four prostitutes, his mother-in-law Madame de Montreuil attempts to free him, for the sake of her daughter Renée and for the family name. She summons two influential women, Comtesse de Saint-Fond, herself a libertine, and the saintly Baronesse de Simian, to intercede on Alphonse's behalf. Renée surprises everyone, including her sister Anne, by declaring her unswerving loyalty to Alphonse. In 1778 Alphonse is freed from prison, and his record...
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