Published Oct 24 2011 by Telegraph


Audience walks out from 'depraved' RSC production

Written by the Swedish playwright Paul Weiss, it was titled 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 when it was first shown in 1963.

As its long name suggests, it is set in a...

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"You would think we might get a lot of people coming in here to drown their sorrows after watching that stuff" he said
Audience walks out from 'depraved' RSC production [Telegraph - Oct 24 2011]
"I think they have got it badly wrong. I don't blame people for walking out. They took it too far this time."
Audience walks out from 'depraved' RSC production [Telegraph - Oct 24 2011]
"There are ways one can stimulate an audience with dignity and guile but this performance lacked any such wit."
Audience walks out from 'depraved' RSC production [Telegraph - Oct 24 2011]

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