Marat - Sade

Marat - Sade RWT Mainstage
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
An Adult Musical by Peter Weiss
Directed by Bob Gras, Musical Direction by Sergei Kvitko September 16-19, 23-26, 2004 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. But it is not historical drama…It is total theatre…It engages the eye, the ear, and the mind with every imaginable dramatic device, technique, and stage picture…All the forces and elements possible to the stage are fused in one overwhelming experience. Brief nudity, violence, sexual situations. No one under 18 admitted. Tickets on sale 8/25-04