"The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat" is a title based upon conjecture.
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In 1805, Juliette Vierge attended a play at Charenton Asylum before vanishing from history. (PROSE: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street)
Behind the scenes[]
- In the real world, the Marquis de Sade directed several plays for by the inmates at Charenton Asylum during his imprisonment there. Peter Weiss imagined one of these lost stories in his 1963 play-within-a-play 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.