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.
Top Cast
PA
Patrick MageeMarquis de Sade
IA
Ian RichardsonJean-Paul Marat
MI
Michael WilliamsHerald
CL
Clifford RoseMonsieur Coulmier
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Glenda JacksonCharlotte Corday
FR
Freddie JonesCucurucu
HU
Hugh SullivanKokol
JO
John HusseyNewly Rich Lady
WI
William Morgan SheppardA Mad Animal
JO
Jonathan BurnPolpoch
JE
Jeanette LandisRossignol
RO
Robert Langdon LloydJacques Roux (as Robert Lloyd)