Philosophy in The Bedroom - Legacy

Legacy

Spanish director Jesús Franco has made three films based on Philosophy in the Bedroom: Eugénie (1970), Eugénie de Sade (1974) and Eugenie (Historia de una perversión) (1980). Italian director Aurelio Grimaldi also filmed it, as L'educazione sentimentale di Eugenie (2005).

In 2003, a play titled "XXX" based on "The Philosophy In The Bedroom" was staged in a number of European cities. Featuring live simulated sex and audience interaction, it caused some controversy.

In 2007 Czech theatre company Depressed Children Long for Money (Depresivní děti touží po penězích) performed a combination of Philosophy in the Bedroom and The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov called Lost Cherry Orchard (Višňový Sade in Czech), suggesting that Mme Ranevskaya spent her years in Paris in the salon of Marquis de Sade in the role of Eugénie. In the very moment of her daughter's deflowering, Anya appears and persuades Ranevskaya (Eugénie) to return to Russia. After the end of the Chekhovian part, Mme Ranevskaya leaves Siberia for France to meet her lover, the Marquis de Sade. The performance combines the sadistic brutality of Philosophy in the Bedroom with the acquiescent hopelessness of The Cherry Orchard and interweaves characters, plots, and meanings.

The dialogue is banned in Singapore, where it is known as Bedroom Philosophers.

"In the Company of De Sade," is a play based on "Philosophy in the Bedroom" by Maryland playwright, Amanda Gunther, which premiered at the 2012 Capital Fringe in Washington, DC to favorable reviews.