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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
- Author
- Weiss, Peter, 1916-1982.
- Preferred Title
- Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats. English.
- Title
- 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 / by Peter Weiss ; English version by Geoffrey Skelton ; verse adaptation by Adrian Mitchell ; introduction by Peter Brook.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New York : Atheneum, 1966, c1965.
- Description
- x, 117 p. : music ; 21 cm.
- Other contributors
- Skelton, Geoffrey. Mitchell, Adrian, 1932-2008
- Notes
- Play based on an imaginary encounter between the marquis de Sade and Jean Paul Marat. Translation of: Die Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats. First American ed. Cf. LC. Includes "music composed specially for the first British production of the play by R.C. Peaslee": p. 111-117. Drama. Songs.
- References
- 65-15915.
- Subject headings
- Marat, Jean Paul,--1743-1793. Sade,--marquis de,--1740-1814.
- Kinsey subjects
- Social conditions--France--18th century.
- Subject headings
- France.