Performance

Venue	Royal Shakespeare Theatre
	Other spaces: The Dell, Waterside, Rehearsal Room
Town	Stratford-Upon-Avon
County	Warwickshire
From	14th October 2011
Opened	20th October 2011
To	5th November 2011
When	19:15. Oct 22, 29, Nov 3, 5 Mats 13:15. Oct 20 19:00
What is currently on at Royal Shakespeare Theatre (V135)

Marat/Sade

T1017392247
Full title: The persecution and assassination of the Marat as performed by the inmates of the asylum of Charenton under the direction of the Marquis de Sade. Set in 1808, in the aftermath of the French Revolution, the Marquis is directing a play at an asylum. To educate and rehabilitate the inmates, the Marquis presents a musical pageant of the Terror of Paris, culminating in the murder of Jean-Paul Marat at the hands of Charlotte Corday. First performed in England in 1964 by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Author

Peter Weiss

Archive :: production:T1017392247, play:S4152, venue:V135

Special Performances

1 Nov 11 Captioned Captioned by the RSC

Reviews

Marat/Sade review
31Oct11: Marat/Sade at the RSC

User Review: 30Oct11: Just on my way home after seeing this show. Loved it! it has its flaws, and sometimes tried too hard to be controversial but it was so refreshing to see some pure theatre. Was also really funny in parts.

User Reviews

RJF (30Oct11): Just on my way home after seeing this show. Loved it! it has its flaws, and sometimes tried too hard to be controversial but it was so refreshing to see some pure theatre. Was also really funny in parts.

Company

Company	Royal Shakespeare Company
Director	Anthony Neilson
Design	Garance Marneur
Lighting	Chahine Yavroyan
Director	Anna Morrissey (movement)
Performer	Arsher Ali
Performer	Maya Barcot
Performer	Liz Crowther
Performer	Kammy Darweish
Performer	Imogen Doel
Performer	Christopher Ettridge
Performer	Lisa Hammond
Performer	Lanre Malaolu
Performer	Nathaniel Martello-White
Performer	Andrew Melville
Performer	Simeon Moore
Performer	Harry Myers
Performer	Theo Ogundipe
Performer	Oliver Rix
Performer	Golda Rosheuvel
Performer	Amanda Wilkin

CORONAVIRUS: All UK venues closed on 16th March 2020, restrictions were lifted on 19th July 2021. Please note that iUKTDb archive listings between March 2020 and July 2021 may not be accurate as we did not receive details of all rescheduled and cancelled shows.