Peter Brook - Marat/Sade (1967)

The Marquis de Sade is locked in the Charenton mental hospital and decides to put on a play. His overseers agree as long as he follows certain conditions. He writes and directs the other mental patients in a play based on the life of the Jean-Paul Marat. As the play progresses, the inmates become more and more possessed by the violence of the play and become extremely difficult to control. Finally, all chaos breaks loose.

# Patrick Magee won the 1966 Tony Award (New York City) for Supporting or Features Actor in a Drama for "Marat/Sade" as Marquis de Sade recreating his role in this production.
# Glenda Jackson was nominated for the 1966 Tony Award (New York City) for Supporting or Features Actress in a Drama for "Marat/Sade" recreating he role in this filmed production.
# The full title of the original Broadway play was "The Persecution and Assassination of Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade" which opened on December 27, 1965 at the Martin Beck Theatre and ran for 145 performances. The original play was written by Geoffrey Skelton, with the English translation by Peter Weiss.