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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: Robert S. Weiss
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. ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780689705687
ISBN-10: 0689705689
Publication Date: 1/1/1978
Pages: 128
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Publisher: Scribner
Book Type: Paperback
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