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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.

"By Peter Weiss"

Credits

Patrick MageeMarquis de Sade

Ian RichardsonJean-Paul Marat

Michael WilliamsHerald

Clifford RoseMonsieur Coulmier

Glenda JacksonCharlotte Corday