The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade
1967, English. Directed by Peter Brook.
By Peter Weiss
In Charenton Asylum, the Marquis de Sade directs a play about Jean Paul Marat's death, using the patients as actors. Based on 'The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade', a 1963 play by Peter Weiss.
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
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Cast & crew
- Peter BrookDirector
- Patrick MageeMarquis de Sade
- Ian RichardsonJean-Paul Marat
- Michael WilliamsHerald
- Clifford RoseMonsieur Coulmier
- Glenda JacksonCharlotte Corday
- Freddie JonesCucurucu
- Hugh SullivanKokol
- John HusseyNewly Rich Lady
- William Morgan SheppardA Mad Animal
- Jonathan BurnPolpoch
- Jeanette LandisRossignol
- Robert Langdon LloydJacques Roux (as Robert Lloyd)
Details
- Released
- 22 February 1967
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Written by
- Adrian Mitchell
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What The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade is based on
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade is based on Marat/Sade (1964) by Peter Weiss.
1964
Marat/Sade
By Peter Weiss
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