Marat/Sade (stage production)
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Marat/Sade (stage production) is Peter Brook’s groundbreaking Royal Shakespeare Company staging of Peter Weiss’s play that blends historical drama with avant-garde theatrical experimentation.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
stage production
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theatrical production ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | Marat/Sade (1967 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artForm |
drama
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theatre ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Peter Brook
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Peter Weiss NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Shakespeare Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
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
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play by Peter Weiss ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Peter Brook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Jean-Paul Marat
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Marquis de Sade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | play-within-a-play ⓘ |
| genre |
avant-garde theatre
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historical drama ⓘ political theatre ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
class struggle
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madness ⓘ political ideology ⓘ revolution ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post-war European theatre ⓘ |
| influenced | later experimental theatre productions ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Artaudian theatre of cruelty
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epic theatre ⓘ |
| languageOfPerformance | English ⓘ |
| medium | live theatre ⓘ |
| notableFor |
breaking the fourth wall
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innovative staging ⓘ integration of music and movement ⓘ politically charged interpretation ⓘ use of ensemble physical theatre ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| performanceStyle |
ensemble
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highly physical ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1964 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation |
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
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Stratford-upon-Avon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producedBy | Royal Shakespeare Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Royal Shakespeare Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | French Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stagedIn | 1960s ⓘ |
| theatricalCompany | Royal Shakespeare Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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