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

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Patrick MageeMarquis de Sade

Ian RichardsonJean-Paul Marat

Michael WilliamsHerald

Clifford RoseMonsieur Coulmier

Glenda JacksonCharlotte Corday

Freddie JonesCucurucu

Hugh Sullivan

Hugh SullivanKokol

John HusseyNewly Rich Lady

William Morgan SheppardA Mad Animal

Jonathan BurnPolpoch

Jeanette Landis

Jeanette LandisRossignol

Robert Langdon LloydJacques Roux (as Robert Lloyd)