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...PERSECUTION AND ASSASSINATION OF MARAT AS PERFORMED BY THE INMATES OF THE ASYLUM OF CHARENTON UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE MARQUIS DE SADE blends Brecht with the Theater of Cruelty, mixing in philosophy, revolution and insanity. A skin-tingling assault on the senses...
While the trial was in progress, the Soviets permitted another novelist, Valery Tarsis, to fly to England to fulfill a three-month lecture engagement. The official rationale was that since Tarsis' most recent underground novel, Ward 7, concerns his experience as a political prisoner in an insane asylum, he is a certified lunatic, hence not legally liable for his ravings. At a press conference, Tarsis sounded sane enough though a bit high-strung. He roundly condemned Soviet "police fascism," "bandit fascism," and "the government, which has betrayed the national cause." Then he sounded very much like any other author...
...PERSECUTION AND ASSASSINATION OF MARAT AS PERFORMED BY THE INMATES OF THE ASYLUM OF CHARENTON UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE MARQUIS DE SADE. The inventive direction of Peter Brook and the superb performances of the Royal Shakespeare Company players as madmen in a masque make exciting theater out of Peter Weiss's philosophical drama...
Terrible Twins. One day Waldo dies "of spite like a boil burst at last with pus." Arthur flees the house, returns after three days, and is mercifully committed to the local asylum. It remains for the twins' twin dogs to prove that Waldo, if slightly incredible, is edible. Hungry dogs will swallow anything...
...PERSECUTION AND ASSASSINATION OF MARAT AS PERFORMED BY THE INMATES OF THE ASYLUM OF CHARENTON UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE MARQUIS DE SADE. Each theater seat becomes an electric chair as Director Peter Brook and the Royal Shakespeare Company sear the senses with a high-voltage production of Peter Weiss's shocking, stunning play...