Peter Weiss
German-Swedish playwright whose Marat/Sade combined the ideas of Artaud and Brecht in a play-within-a-play of electrifying theatrical power. The Investigation documented the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials in documentary verse. His work is the most challenging fusion of politics and experimental form in postwar German theater.
Works
- Marat/SadeEpic drama set in Revolutionary asylum depicting Marat and Sade
- The InvestigationDocumentary drama reconstructing the Frankfurt Auschwitz trial
- The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul MaratEpic drama set in Revolutionary asylum depicting Marat and Sade
- Discourse on VietnamPolitical documentary drama about Vietnam War opposition
- The New TrialPlay reimagining Kafka's Trial for contemporary audiences
- Trotsky in ExileDocumentary play about Leon Trotsky's exile and death
- HölderlinDrama exploring the poet Hölderlin's mental illness and legacy