Don't Know Why I Thought of . . .
Peter Weiss' 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. Yes, I do. Just the sesquipedalian title reminded me of my life, life (viewed through the prism of self). *** 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 ( German : Die Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats dargestellt durch die Schauspielgruppe des Hospizes zu Charenton unter Anleitung des Herrn de Sade ), usually shortened to Marat/Sade ( pronounced: [ma.ʁa.sad] ), is a 1963 play by Peter Weiss . The work was first published in German . Incorporating dramatic elements characteristic of both Artaud and Brecht , it is a bloody and unrelenting depiction of class struggle and human suffering which asks whether true revolution comes from changing society or changing oneself. [From Wikipedia: htt...