Weiss’s Absurdist Drama Marat/Sade Is Produced
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Arts and Culture Series
- Categories: Literature, Publishing, Arts
- Subcategories: Drama, Theater, Playwrights, Entertainment, Entertainers
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, German History
- Geographical Location: West Germany, Berlin
- Date: April 29, 1964
Article abstract: Peter Weiss delivered a Marxist viewpoint in an absurdist documentary drama that established him as a leading dramatist of the 1960’s.
Summary of Event
Playwright Peter Weiss vaulted to international fame with the 1964 production of his Der Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean-Paul Marats, dargestellt durch die Schauspielgruppe des Hospizes zu Charenton unter Anleitung des Herrn de Sade (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...
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