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...cast members of the Mainstage production of Peter Weiss's Marat/Sade shriek, jabber and carry on. As the inmates of the asylum of Charenton, they perform a play within a play. The Persecution and Assassination of Jean Paul Marat, written by one of their own number, the Marquis de Sade...
...Marat Sade thus presents a dual challenge to its cast--they must portray both lofty historical figures and loonies at the same time. The actors attack this problem with great skill, capturing the madness and hysteria of France's Reign of Terror as well as of the grimmer episodes of the 20th century. Directed by Maja Hellmold, this Marat/Sade suceeds in drawing us into an asylum that is a microcosm of our own crazy world...
...some ways, the most impressive acting comes from the "troupe," the group of inmates who do not have specific roles in Sade's play, but behave as a sort of raving chorus. Like naughty children, they play leapfrog, poke each other's middles, and pull each other's hair. They pick at their noses and masturbate, they jeer at actors who forget their lines...
...unstinting patron through her two other brief marriages. Morgan received up to $18,000 a month in allowance from Bloomingdale. She was usually paid by check through one of his companies, in return for her companionship and "therapy" for what she called the aging millionaire's "Marquis de Sade complex." Morgan even accompanied him on many overseas trips, often following him in secret when Betsy Bloomingdale was along...
...other women. After that, according to her lawsuit, she was his constant companion, confidante and business partner, though somehow she found time to divorce her husband and wed and shed two more. She also served as his "therapist," she alleges, trying to help him "overcome his Marquis de Sade complex." The therapy Morgan administered remains vague, but it was alluded to in court papers filed by Hillel Chodos, Betsy Bloomingdale's attorney. He wrote, "[Morgan] was going to help him by watching him so if he became more seriously ... involved in his alleged sadomasochistic pursuits than she felt proper...