MARAT/SADE is part of RSC's 50th Anniversary celebrations ..

The Persecution and Assassination of Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade

In post revolutionary France the inmates of an asylum present a play about the murder of Jean-Paul Marat under the direction of the notorious Marquis de Sade. As the director of the asylum and his family sit down expecting to see a patriotic display, they are confronted with a performance that is unruly, shocking and outspoken.

RSC Literary Associate Anthony Neilson directs this new production for the RSC in the classic English translaton by Geoffrey Skelton with verse adaptation by Adrian Mitchell.   47 years on from the RSC's first production, the RSC celebrates this extraordinary play which was first directed for them by Peter Brook (in the Skelton/Mitchell version with music by Richard Peaslee) in 1964.

Arsher Ali plays MARAT.