August 17, 2007
Death of Marat, 1793, Jacques-Louis David, French
( Phoenix, AZ ) Robrt Pela reviews Off Center Productions presentation of Marat/Sade where the infamous Marquis de Sade has been imprisoned in the asylum of Charenton for endangering public morals. As a form of therapy the hospital's patients are allowed to take part in plays, and de Sade sets out to dramatize the death of the French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat.
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"Peter Weiss's 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" continues through August 26 at Theater Works, 8355 West Peoria Avenue in Peoria.
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