Marat/Sade
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
Peter Weiss
Translated by Geoffrey Skelton
Verse adaptation by Adrian Mitchell
Original Score by Mike Ross
Mon Sept 14 at 7:30pm
Young Centre for the Performing Arts
50 Tank House Lane
Distillery Historic District
One of the most provocative, ambitious and richly theatrical plays of the 20th-century, performed by over 20 members of the Soulpepper ensemble.
Set in an Asylum, Marat/Sade is almost entirely a “play within a play”. 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.
Contains mature content.
Sponsored By: Soulpepper
