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The persecution and assassination of Marat as performed by the inmates of the Asylum of Charenton under the direction of the Marquis de Sade

by Brook, Peter

Martin Beck Theatre, David Merrick Arts Foundation, by arragnement with the governors of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon presents The Royal Shakespeare Company in Peter Weiss's "The Persecution and Assassination of Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade," English version by Geoffrey Skelton, verse adaptation by Adrian Mitchell, directed by Peter Brook, setting and properties designed by Sally Jacobs, costumes by Gunilla Pamstierna-Weiss, choreographer, Malcolm Goddard, lighting and design supervision by Lloyd Burlingame, music by Richard Peaslee, assistant to the director Ian Richardson.

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