Marat/Sade ; The investigation ; and The shadow of the body of the coachman
By: Peter Weiss ; edited by Robert Cohen.
Contributors: Cohen, Robert, 1941 Apr. 13-
Series: The German library ;; v. 92
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
Subjects: Marat, Jean Paul, 1743-1793 -- Assassination -- Drama.; Sade, marquis de, 1740-1814 -- Drama.
Other titles: Investigation.; Shadow of the coachman's body.
Description: Peter Weiss (1916-1982) was virtually unknown in the mid-1960s when Peter Brook made Marat/Sade into a film. The weaving of time, space, plot, real-and-imagined characters, sexual liberation, and surrealist imagery made Marat/Sade a sensation. Little did audiences realize that this counterculture classic was written by a German Jew. At that time, Weiss was also at work on a play about Auschwitz: The Investigation. These two dramas are in this volume along with The Shadow of the Body of the Coachman.

All are cogently introduced and edited by Robert Cohen.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-302).