Title: Die Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats
First published: 1967
Description: **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 Antonin Artaud and Bertolt Brecht, it is a depiction of class struggle and human suffering that asks whether true revolution comes from changing society or changing oneself.

(Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marat/Sade))
Subjects: Drama, Assassination, Psychiatric hospital patients, History, English drama, German drama, Translations into English, Translations from German, Drama (dramatic works by one author), German literature, Marat/Sade (Weiss), Theater programs, Specimens, Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats (Weiss, Peter)
Places: France
People: Jean Paul Marat (1743-1793), Sade marquis de (1740-1814), Peter Weiss (1916-1982)
Time periods: Revolution, 1789-1799, 20th century
LC classification: PT'2685'E5'V43'1970, PT2685.E5V43 1965, PT2685 E5V43 1965