Set in an insane asylum and constantly in danger of being overwhelmed by madness and chaos, the play explores the place of writers and intellectuals in a time of revolutionary upheaval. At its center are two very different historical figures, Jean-Paul Marat , a writer and leading intellectual of the French Revolution , and the Marquis de Sade , a writer and intellectual as well, whose attitude towards the revolution is much more ambivalent and who is solipsistically obsessed with sex, violence, and pain. Brecht's theater of reason. In the words of de Sade: The play and all the ones to follow were staged in exemplary fashion in Rostock and other theaters in the GDR.
Weiss frequently visited East Berlin and became friends with many East German writers and artists. He developed a collaborative relationship and eventually a close friendship with Manfred Haiduk, professor of literature in Rostock.
After Weiss wrote his play about Trotsky, which East German party functionaries interpreted as an anti-Leninist provocation, he for a while became persona non grata , but the relationship soon revived. Weiss was one of only a handful of western artists and intellectuals whose work attracted wide interest in both Germanies though in both states he was also subjected to distrust and denunciations.
During this period Brecht's influence on Weiss's plays became more evident. He also became obsessed with Dante 's Divine Comedy the influence of which is present in all his works from the mids until his death. The next two plays once again focused on intellectuals and writers in times of upheaval: Between and Weiss worked on his opus magnum: All works were originally written in German unless otherwise noted.
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Thou art that youthful form our tombs display Standing above them, deep in contemplation, ConsoHng emblem in our darkest day Of higher manhood's joyful new foundation. Or is there still a sign of her so that the sailor, Perhaps, when he passes by, can call and think of her? Yet where the Spirit liveth we venture forth. And again the constant Mother Earth receives her noble Folk, as before, and under sacred, beneficent heaven They softly sleep as the young winds blow around them, Mildly as before, and the sound of iHssus rises Through the plane trees, and, foretelhng new and better Days, inspiring greater deeds, the waves of the sea-god Roar by night from afar, send happy dreams to the loved ones. Zu lang, zu lang schon ist Die Ehre der Himmlischen unsicht- bar. The editor wishes par- ticularly to thank the following translators and scholars for exceptional devotion and co-operation, often under difficult conditions:
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