Marat/Sade

T02068864941
Full title: The persecution and assassination of the Marat as performed by the inmates of the asylum of Charenton under the direction of the Marquis de Sade. Set in 1808, in the aftermath of the French Revolution, the Marquis is directing a play at an asylum. To educate and rehabilitate the inmates, the Marquis presents a musical pageant of the Terror of Paris, culminating in the murder of Jean-Paul Marat at the hands of Charlotte Corday. First performed in England in 1964 by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Author

Peter Weiss

Archive :: production:T02068864941, play:S4152, venue:V552

Production details

Performances at 20:00. Studio

Performance

Venue	Lyric Theatre
	Other spaces: Danske Bank Stage/Naughton Studio
Town	Belfast
County	Belfast
From	23rd January 1998
To	31st January 1998
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Reviews

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Company

Translation	Geoffrey Skelton
Performer	Adrian Mitchell
Director	David Grant

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