Marat - Sade, the Investigaiton, and the Shadow of the Coachman's Body |
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Author:
| Weiss, Peter |
Editor:
| Cohen, Robert |
Series title: | German Library |
ISBN: | 978-0-8264-0963-8 |
Publication Date: | Jul 1998 |
Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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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...
More DescriptionPeter 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>