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    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

    116'

    1967-02-22

    6.2

    By Peter Weiss

    Music,Drama,History

    Overview:

    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.

    DirectingPeter BrookWritingAdrian Mitchell

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    Cast

    1

    Marquis de Sade

    Patrick Magee

    2

    Jean-Paul Marat

    Ian Richardson

    1

    Herald

    Michael Williams

    1

    Monsieur Coulmier

    Clifford Rose

    1

    Charlotte Corday

    Glenda Jackson

    1

    Cucurucu

    Freddie Jones

    1

    Kokol

    Hugh Sullivan

    2

    Newly Rich Lady

    John Hussey

    1

    A Mad Animal

    William Morgan Sheppard

    1

    Polpoch

    Jonathan Burn

    1

    Rossignol

    Jeanette Landis

    1

    Jacques Roux (as Robert Lloyd)

    Robert Langdon Lloyd

    1

    Monsieur Dupere

    John Steiner

    1

    Schoolmaster

    James Mellor

    1

    Father

    Henry Woolf

    1

    Voltaire

    John Harwood

    1

    Lavoisier

    Leon Lissek

    1

    Simone Evrard

    Susan Williamson

    1

    Patient

    Carol Raymont

    1

    Patient

    Mary Allen

    1

    Madame Coulmier

    Brenda Kempner

    1

    Mother

    Mark Jones

    1

    Patient

    Maroussia Frank

    1

    Patient

    Tamara Fuerst

    1

    Patient

    Sheila Grant

    1

    Patient

    Lynn Pinkney

    1

    Military Representative

    Ian Hogg

    1

    Mademoiselle Coulmier

    Ruth Baker

    1

    Patient

    Michael Farnsworth

    1

    Patient

    Guy Gordon

    1

    Patient

    Michael Percival

    1

    Nun

    Heather Canning

    1

    Nun

    Jennifer Tudor

    1

    Guard (as Timothy Hardy)

    Tim Hardy

    1

    Guard

    Stanford Trowell

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
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    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United Kingdom
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. National Film Finance Corporation
    • Vote Count: 37
    • Popularity: 2.2209
    • Status: Released
    • Original title: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

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