The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum at Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade

Peter Brook

Original title: Marat/Sade

When the Marquis de Sade, an inmate of Charenton's asylum for the insane, stages a play about the murder of Jean-Paul Marat, the production takes on an alarming life of its own. As chaos engulfs both the sane and the mad, the inmates finally turn against their keepers.

  • Duration: 116
  • Production year: 1967
  • Country: United Kingdom

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