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Weiss' most well known work is the play The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of Charenton under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade (usually shortened as Marat/Sade) ( 1963). It studies the power in society through two differently extreme historical persons, Marat and Sade. The play is considered a classic, and is still played, though less regularly.

Weiss was also prosaist. His experimental novels include Abschied von Eltern ( 1960) and Das Gespräch der drei Gehenden ( 1962Events January January 1 Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand January 3 Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro January 4 New York City introduces a train that operates without a crew on-board January 8 Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is e). These are short and intense novels with KafkaesqueFranz Kafka ( July 3, 1883 in Prague June 3, 1924 in Vienna) was one of the major German language writers of the 20th century most of whose work was published posthumously. His unique body of writing continues to challenge critics, and attempts to classif details and feelings, often with autobiographical background. Weiss also directed some experimental films.