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 SadeArena Stage, Thomas C. Fichandler, executive director, Zelda Fichandler, producing director, Kenneth K. Kitch, associate executive director, Edwin Sherin, associate producing director presents Peter Weiss' "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," English version by Geoffrey Skelton, verse adaptation by Adrian Mitchell, music composed by Richard Peaslee, directed by Alfred Ryder, settings by John Conklin, costumes by Marjorie Slaiman, lighting by William Eggleston, music directed by William Goldstein, choreographer Hedi Pope. |
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arena background bandage bathtub bench breathe Caen Charlotte Corday cloth copulation CORDAY is led CORDAY stands CORDAY theme CORDAY'S COULMIER CUCURUCU curtain dagger dais dance death door dragged DUPERRET follows Fifteen glorious fight forward FOUR SINGERS France front G&min Girondist give guillotine hand head hear HERALD knocks three Jacques Roux JEAN-PAUL MARAT knees KOKOL Long live Marat Look MALE NURSES Marat Marat Marat Marat we're poor MARAT'S bath MARQUIS DE SADE mime mode of thought Monsieur de Sade moves Music ends musical accompaniment Napoleon never ORCHESTRA plays PETER BROOK PETER WEISS plays the CORDAY points to CORDAY points to MARAT POLPOCH Poor Marat Poor old Marat poor stay poor priest prison pull pushes raises Robespierre ROSSIGNOL SADE stands Sade's scream shouting Simonne Simonne SIMONNE stands singing sits speaking staff stage there's tion tumbrel turned Vendée VOLTAIRE waiting want our Revolution wears what's Whiplash whistles