THE PERSECUTION AD ASSASSINATIO OF JE-PL 1T AS PERFORMED BY THE IATES OF THE ASYUM OF CHAETO UDER THE DIRECTIO OF T QS E SE
THE PERSECUTION AD ASSASSINATIO OF JE-PL 1T AS PERFORMED BY THE IATES OF THE ASYUM OF CHAETO UDER THE DIRECTIO OF T QS E SE
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lIARQUS SADE BY ENGLISH VERSIO BY GEOFFREY SKELTO VERSE ADPTTIO BY DR" 1UTCHE RODCTIO BY PETR BROOK
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the wordor raher, wordarond t Pete eisss pa s a grea tribte to aienation nd breas importan new grond Brehs se o distane has ong been onsidered n oppositon o Arads oneption o there as mmediae and oent sbee eperiene hae neer beieed his to be tre beiee that theatre ie ie, is made p o he nboen oni between impressions and dgmensison and disision ohabit painl and are inseparabe his is st what eiss ahees Starting wth ts tie eerthing abot his pa s desgned o ra the speao on the aw, then dose him with ieod water, then ore hm o asses ntegent what has happened to him then gie him a n he bas then bring him ba to his senses again ts not ea Breht and ts not Shaespeare eiher bt is e Eiabethan and er mh o o ime. eiss not on ses oa theare, that tmehonored otion o getting a he eements o the sage o see the pa His ore is not on in the antit o insrments he ses; i is aboe a in he ange proded b the ash o ses Eerthing is pt in s pae b is neighbothe serios b the omi he nobe b he popar he itera b he rde the nteeta b the phia he absraion is ied b he sage image the ioene iminaed b the oo ow o thoght. he srands o meaning o the pa pass o and ro throgh ts srtre and he rest s a e ompe orm ie n enet i is a ha o mirrors or a orridor o ehoes and one mst eep ooing ront and ba a he time to reah he athors sense ne o he ondon riis ataed he pa on he grond that it as a ashionabe mire o a he best theaia ngredients arondBreh iandidatia bsrdisheare o ret. He said his o disparage bt repea this as praise eiss saw he se o ee one o hese idioms and he saw ha he needed them a His assimiation was ompee An ndigested set o inenes eads o a br eisss pa s
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tng its centa cnceptin stating igina, its sihette shap and nmistaeabe m pactica expeience can ept that the ce the pemance is diect eated t the imaginatie ichnes the mateia the imagnative ich ness is the cnseence the amnt eves tht ae w ing simtanes this simtaneit is the diect est eisss daing cmbinatin s man cntadict tech nies s the pa pitica? eiss sas it is axist and this has been mch discssed etain it is nt pemca in the sense that it des nt pve case n daw a ma e tain its pismati stcte is sch that the ast ine is nt the pace t seach he smmingp idea The idea the pa is the pa itse and this cannt be esved in a simpe sgan t is m n the side etina change Bt it is pain awae a the eements in a vient hman sit atin and it pesents these t the adience in the pain estin The imptant thing s t p se p b ha T t se inside t and see the whe wd with esh ees aat Hw? smene is bnd t as eiss wise eses t te He ces s t eate ppsites and ace cntadictins He ves s aw He seaches meaning instead dening ne and pts the espnsibiit nding the answes bac whee it ppe bengs the damast and nt seves
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Sixty-eight years old, extremely corpu lent grey hair sooth coplexion. He oves heavily breathes at ties with diculty as if asthatic His clothing is of good quality but worn He is wear ing white breeches with bows, wide sleeved white shirt with ornaental front and lace cus and white buckled shoes JEANPAU MAA In his ftieth year suering fro a skin disease He draped in a white cloth and has a white bandage round his te ples SNNE AD Marat's istress of indeterinate age The player of the role is weaing a hos pital unifor, with an apron and a headcloth Her posture is croo�ed, her oveents odd and constrained \Vhen she has nothing to do she stands wring ing a cloth in her hands She seizes evey opportunity to change Marats bandage CAE CDAY Agd twentyfor Hr clothng conists of a thin white blouse of Epire cut The louse doe not conceal the boso, but se wars a isy white cloth over it Her long auburn hair hangs down on the riht side of her neck She wears pink leather boots wth high heels, and
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when he on ae' a bboned ha ed o he he aended houghou by wo e who uppo he ob he ha and arane he lohe he oe lke a onabul Gond Depuy U The playe of he ole wea n add on o h hopal h a ho wa oa and he ooh h oue of a noyable H lohn alo whe wh oe onaenaon He held n he enal hoe a an eo ana and ake adanae of h ole Coday' loe a e uable op pouny Foe pe adal oal Q aux He wea a whe hopal h wh an oeal haped lke a onk' obe The leee of h h ae ed oeh n fon of h oe h hand and he an oe only n he l of h a jake Fo SNG Pa owd ype pa oedan They hae deked ou he hopal unfo Koo Ba oO Baone wh oeque b of oue and wea CuuRuu Teno he ap of he Reoluon Ronol ossiGOL opano wh he olou ah and abe ep een he ue of Maanne They hae nn oe and pefo n e exa oe e and hou PN odn o need hey appea ehe n he whe hopal unfo o n pe oue wh on olou
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ASSEB h tag how th bath hall of th sylum o rght d lft bathtub d howr. gt th bk wall yrd platform th bh d g tabl th mddl ara of th tag bh ar pld for th tor tr d l ur Th wall ar ovrd wth wht tl to hght of about t ft hr r dow op g hgh up th d wll. Thr mtl frmork frot of th pltform ad aroud h bath at th d urta r d to h d of th frmork bfor th pltform ad th b pulld wh th patt r to b hdd rot tg tr thr s rular ara To th rght of t das for MR' bath to th lft da for SE' har. ft frot rad trbul for Cou d h O oth trbual ght rot th muan td rdy SE oupd wth ltmut prrato for th try of th ator Th ME s ar ompltg fw rout opra to of bthg ad mag. tt r ttg or lyg o th ptform at th bak SAE gv g Through a d door t rght bk th tor t ld by Co ad h famly d ortd by ST d ME u Th PAEN rs to thr ft Th rmoou proo om ford h ylum bll tll tollg
ARA wrappe i a white sheet a apae by SO is le t the bath oRA sk it hersel tae t a beh by tw sis ters D uR ou a the FouR S IGR take p ther pstns as ouLR reahes the stage The HRAL stas i the le the stage S stas ear his aise har The tllig the bell eases The pressi ves twars the ati area ouR enters the actig area The A i the bagr sta tesely Oe f the apts a eetri pse athe es slwly r war with tstrethe ars FFE
2 OLOGU ouR As Diec e inc aentn w ie t wecme t tis san T ne esients a e tans is e nsie e Sae w wte an as pce tis pa eecatin an patients abiati e as in ngence a cast nee n stage bee cming t aentn eac inmate can asse wi t t p is weigt Vee men enigtene an we nt agee wit cng p patients e pee teap tg ecatin an especia a s tat spita ma pa is pat at wing accing t igts te Decaatin Hman igts I agee wi at nsie e Sae at is pa set in men bat se wnt be mare 4
by all tese instruments for mental and pys ical ygiene Quite on te contrary tey set te scene For in Monsieur de Sades pay he as ried to show ow JeanPau Maat ded and ow e waited in is bat before Carlotte Corday came nocing at is door
3- PPAATI kok th tim with hi ta ad giv th o hta a ig moiou mui bgi CouR mov to hi FAY SA mout hi dai A plad i h bath SO put hi badag taight Th SR aag CDA otum Th RO aum th po o a hoi tablau
PSTAI Th mui top ald kok th tim with hi ta] Already seated in is place ere is Mara observe his ace poit hi ta at MA Fifty years old and not yet dead e wears a bandage around his head poit ta at badag His esh burns it is yellow as cees poit at hi k because disgured by a sin disease And only water cooling evey limb poit to bath revents s fever from consuming im
[MR ak hi p ad bgi o wri] To act th mot mpotat ole we choe a lucy paaoc oe of thoe whoe made uprecedeted trde ce we toduced them to hydrotheapy e lady who actg a h ue [poi a SOE h bd wih a ry mom or MR loo hi badag ad p o a w o whoe touch certaly ma hm o wore Smoe ard ot Chalotte Corday Marat ad vrard uted oe day ey haed oe o of the jut ad true ad furthemoe they haed her moey too Hee Charlotte Corday watg fo her e [poi o CR who mooh hr cloh ad i hr ckcloh She come from Cae her famly laded ge y Her de petty hoe chc ad oull ote he eadjut the cloth aroud her throat [poi a i. CR adjs i] Htora agree o t' o lewd u to ay that he pheomealy pulchrtud ou h daw hrl p Ufotuatey the grl who pla the role hee ha leepg ce alo meachola ur he mut be fo th acted oul [\h clod y h icli hr had far bacwad] that h doe ot forget he role
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ih mphasis urig CR A ee come Monieu Dupeet idias ERRE wt ilen oe and fe toupee To te evolution' m udeou nant e bing a touc of ig ubanit Though a a wellnown iondit h name upon Maat blac it e handome ceeful full of zet nd need moe watcing tan te et RRE approahs CRD paig hr furivly Th ERLD raps him h had ih his sa SER pulls bak ERRE] ailed fo taing a adical view f anyting you can name te fome pet acque ou [idias h pushs u his bos ad raiss is had Ay of Maat' evoluton but unfotunately te ceno cut mot of abbleouing teme u moa guadian found it too eteme Lbet ops his muh ad pushs his lbos u vigorously CLER rass his frgr hra igly] Ladie and gentlemen ou playe ae dawn fom many ocial laye [ avs his sa ovr h audi ad h group of ars] u inge fo exampe of tee fou eac mut be claed a bottom dawe But now teyve left te alcoolic mt
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of sums ad gi crs our vocalss ponts to th R SNGER Cucurucu opoch oo ad o th strts o ogr ossigol ach nad changs hs pos wth a studd ow, ssGNO cutss ow mt this glma from hgh socity ponts at SE who tuns hs ac on th puc n a od way who udr th lurid star of otority cam o liv wth us just v as ago ts to his gius tha w ow ths show Th formr arquis osiur d Sad whos boos r bad his ssas barrd wh hs b prscutd ad rvld throw io ail ad fo som yrs xild Th itroducos ovr ow h play of aaul arat ca g udr way Toigh t dat is th thrtth of Juy ightoigh Ad o this ight our cast itd showig how f yars ago night withou d l o that ma tha ivalid [ponts at MAA] Ad you ar gog o s him bld ponts at MAAs ast] ad s his woma aftr carful though ponts at CRY ta up th daggr ad cu im shor Homag to Marat [usc stats CR s d y th S ER fo th ana to a nch n th acgound SOE sats hsf on th dg of th das hnd MAAs 8
bah SE go o hi a ad i dow ad DuPEET wihdaw o bch Th FR SNGER ak hir poiio fo h hoag o M]
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Four years ater the evouto and the old ing's eecution our years a fter remembe how ose courtiers too their na bow igig i h backgroud R String up evey aristocrat ut with te priests and e hem ive on er fa Cucucu & [ciaiv ssGNO Four years after we started ghting Marat eeps on wt is iing Four years after the Bastille fel e stil recalls the old batte yell igig i h bacgoud Down with a o the rulng cass row all the generals out on their arse Long ive the evoluton [Th FR SNGER ad ohr PE form a adoig goup aoud h bah wah of av i hd up] PE i backgoud Marat we wont dig our own bloody graves PE i bacgoud Marat weve got to be coted and fe i bacgroud PE Marat we're sic of worng ie saves [i backgoud ATIE:
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Sceamng n language no man undertand of rgt tat we grabbed wt our ow bleed ng and wen we wped out te boe and tormed trog te wal of te pron y told u would outlat u al Marat were poor and te poor tay poo Marat dont mae u wat any mor We wan our rg and we dont care ow We wan our revoluto W ARAT eemoouly plaed bak the bath The weath take o h head IMONNE buly hage h badage ad reaage the loth about h houlder u ed AnE t umovg, lookg aro the tage wth a mokg expreo o h fae Te evoluon cam and went and unret wa eplaced by dontent
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Weve got rgt te rgt to tarv Weve got ob watng for wor Were al broer ouy and drty Were all fre and equal to de le dog And now our lovely new leader com tey gve u bannote wc wer told are oney jut a good a gold
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but they're only good for wpng your bum [CER p p ro i a] [i dd o ag \ho contros the marets Who locs up the granares ho got the oot from the palace Who sts tght on the estates that were gong to be dded between the oor CER oo arod SER p bak [i bagrod ad baig o ry paa Who eeps us prsoner Who ocs us n Were a normal and we want our feedom Freedom reedom reedom [T r grow [kokig wi i ik o raiig] Monseur de Sade [SE ak o oi t appears must act as the oce of reason hats gong to happen when ght at the start of the play the patents are so dsturbed Pleas eep our producton under contol Tmes hae changed tmes are derent and these ds we should tae a subtr ew f old greances [T PEN ar pd bak by ME RE o SER pa i ro o PEN ad ig a raqiizig liay
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idtag oRDAY, who i itti g lumpd dow o th bch i big prpard by th SER for hr trac] Here sis Marat the people's choice dreaming and listening to his fevers voce o see his hand curled ound hs pen and the screams fom the street are all forgo ten He stares at the map of France eyes marching fom town to town oit to th map which M roll up] while you wait Tur roud th backgroud a whi prig bgi ad prad] whipr] Corday Corday while you wait fo ths woman to cut hm down oit with hi ta to oRAY. Orchtra play th Corday thm] waitig for th SER to complt thir prparatio And none of us And none of us oRDAY i ld forard by th SER And none of us can alter the fact do what we will that she stands outsde his door ready and poised to ill h tap th oo thr tim with i ta oRDAY i put i poitio i th ara
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hs a ss a ua a h usc nds h SR sp ack] spy and hsany Poo Maat i your bathtub you body soaed satuated with poiso wang up] Poiso sputig om you hidig pla poisoig the people aousig them to ootig ad mude aat I have om I Chalotte Coday om Cae whee a huge amy o libeaio is massig ad Maat I come as the st o hem Maat aus chod on h u ads n h usca accopann c boh o us sa he wold mus go ad chage as e ead i geat oussea but chage meat oe thig o ou I se ad somethig quite dieet to me The e same wods e boh ae said o ge ou ideals wigs o spead but my ay as ue while o you the highway ed oe moutais o dea e both of us spoe a sigle togue of bothely loe e seetly sug bu oe met oe thig o ou I se ad somethig uie di o e bu o m aae hat I as bi ad o c see ito you md ad so say o ad I go
to murdr ou arat and fr al manind [ ends CR stands with her head bowed The SER lead her bak]
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tyranncally Simonn Simonn Mor cold atr Chang m bandag 0 thi tching i unbarab roE tands ready behnd hm and arres ot wh manaal moements her reharsd tass Sh hanges hs bandage fans hm wth the sholder loth and tps a ;g oer the bath anPaul dont cratch ourlf ou'll tar our n to hrd gi up iting an-Paul t ont do an good Iy cal M fournth of Jul ca to th popl of ranc Jan-Paul pla b mor carful loo how rd th watr ging And what' a bah ful of blood compard to th bloodbath tll to com nc w thought a fw hundrd corp woud b nough thn w aw thouand wr ill too fw and oda w cant vn count al th dad vrywhr ou loo whr AA raes hself p n the bath The R SGER strethed ot on the
oo pay cads, tang no notc of MA RA Tee ey ae Bed e alls Up on e oofops Do n e cellas Hypoces Tey ea e peoples cap o e eads bu e ueeas embodeed cons ad f so muc as a sop ges looed ey squeal Beggas vlas guer as Smoe Smone my eas o e I can beae e s a ong mob nsde m Simone I am e evoluon CRDY d foad y th SIERs
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me o the prhase o the ne C DA hooses the dagger taes t and pays he oneals the dagger nder her ne loth The SALAN loos dow her bosom wth an admrng gestre Charlotte Corday waed aone ari bird ang ugar call Charlotte waled down ane o ton hrough the hae from perfume tal Charlote melt the dead' gangren Head the inging guillotine The me proesson grows larger nd deelops nto dane o death The M nderlnes the monotonos rhyth Two PATENT oered wth loth rep resent a horse They pll a art n whh stand the ondemned reeng last rtes rom a prest Th PATINT aompanyng the art mae estat and ontorted moements oe are sezed wth onsons and throw themseles down n ts One hears sted ggges and groans and the stamp ng o eet to ms Don't oil your pretty little hoe e gutter deep and red Climb up climb up and ide aong wt m the tumbel drier id Bu he nee aid a word neer turned hr head Don't ol your pretty ittle pant I ony go one way
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The e deps the perng and brstng of the fa blly of the prest The ondened an leans aross the exeton blo Hs hands are sa o
1 DATHS TIUMPH M speang to the adence w ts appenng and yu ant stp t ap peng e peple used t suer everytng nw tey tae ter revenge Yu are watng tat revenge and yu dnt remember tat yu drve te peple t it w yu prtest but t's t late t start ryng ver splt bld at s te bld f tese arstrats mpared wt te bld te peple sed fr yu any f tem ad ter trats slt by ur gangs Many f tem ded mre slwly n ur wrsps The hands of the t fall o Howls The exetoners stat sawn o hs head wat s ts sare ompaed wt te sares te peple made t eep yu fat \at ae a few lted mansns mpared wt ter lted lves Yu dnt are f te fregn armes wt wm yure ma ng seret deals ar n and massare te peple
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MOSEUR E SAE S WHPPE R ump up the bench stappe o hs bak He s ovepowee The PE ae pushe back SE comes slowly nto the aena. He peaks wthout botheing about he nose a SE Tody hey need you becue you e going o ue o hem They need ou nd hey honou he un hich hold you he Too hey ill coe bac and ma ha un and he il a M who Maa Ma ow will ell you wh i o h evoluion which heled o e [t has become e quet in the back goun
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IN avance oly fom the back goun. The ae on oulme a ta up expectaty A s sw n he reolon hne r reeds o brs o reenge n orgy grer hn l my drems oy ae the whp an lhe hm S coe. B hen sw when s he orroom myse \Vhplah. S gap. no s I hd been beore he sed b s dge I odn brn msel o der he rsoers o he hngmn \Vhpah I dd ll old o rlese hm or le them ese I sw wsn' ble o mrder \hplah S goan athmatcally. lhog mrdr ws he nl roo o my exsen nd nw Vhplah He gap an goan he ery hogh o hores me n Seember hen I s he ol sng o he rmele onent I d o bend oe n e orrd nd om top heef beathng heavy. s I s my on rohees omng re He fa o on h nee ta befoe hm
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Look t thee ost reoltionries [inting t the FouR G wh ie trethed t n the r rathing theele yaning and tying t get te at dp t f the empty bttle \at wll y oer tem to o ere will yo lea them [n the bagnd tz , n the ' mmand mt tand n ne eg.] Once yo attacke the athorities who trne the aw into instrments o oresson yo wn t someone to rle yo to contro the wors yo write an tell yo hat work yo mst o n reeat to yo the new aws oer n oe unti o can recte them n yor sleep [The in the bagnd al n a ire hle the pray The FouR G begin t hm nn edy, lying at t n the r th eg ang in the ai Then RsG and CucuRucu get p and dane t tze hmmed meldy. faing ar the bard again \hy is eerything so conse no ethng I wrote or soke ws onsiere an te ec argment was son An now ot \Vhy oes eerthing son fs [inging and daning]
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