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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
The Persecution and Assassination of JeanPaul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade Author:Peter Weiss "One of the most sensational theater works of our time... impossible to forget... begets controversy on every level, from casual entertainment seekers to the most learned professors..." -- Life Magazine — "...a vivid work that vibrates on wild, intense, murmurous and furious levels. It is sardonic and impassioned, pitiful and explosive. It may ... more »put you off at times... it may shock you... But it will not leave you untouched." -- The New York Times
"...magnificent... It is the sort of full achievement that is the ultimate in theater art." -- Henry Hewes, Saturday Review
"...one of the most spectacular stage events of recent times... a daring invasion of hitherto forbidden dramatic territory." -- Robert Brustein, The New Republic
"...a hypodermic needle plunged directly into the playgoer's emotional bloodstream. It hypnotizes the eye and bruises the ear. It shreds the nerves; it vivisects the psyche -- and it may scare the living daylights out of more than a few playgoers." -- Time Magazine« less