I find this play to be so hilarious that I almost wish I could take part in a rendition of it in an actual mental asylum!
It inspired me to read (aloud into a recorder) Gunter Grass's "The Plebeians Rehearse the Uprising: a German Tragedy where the main character (Boss) supposedly represents Bertolt Brecht, whom I only recently discovered while browsing aimlessly in the library. Where I am now, for some odd reason, this library has many obscure texts. It's extremely UNCANNY. Anyway, I read that Peter Weiss - who wrote the play Marat/Sade - was influenced by this Brecht.
The only play I ever read was Marlowe's The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, and just yesterday The Plebeians Rehearse the Uprising.
I am going to try to read Brecht's Edward II, based on Christopher Marlowe's classic of the same name.
I had not been interested in any literature since Ligotti. I was sticking to Schopenhauer and Cioran, trying to read Lovecraft and Poe but the editions I have are in such small print I lost patience and went on a long drinking binge.
Fortunately I snapped out of it long enough to be bored enough to browse the library the old-fashioned way and my spirit is healed for the moment.
As for Marat/Sade, what a blast it would be just to play one of the minor roles!