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The Persecution and Assassination of Marat
as performed by the inmates of the Asylum at Charenton under the direction
of the Marquis de Sade
written by Peter Weiss I played an inmate who in 'the play within the play' portrays a Military Representative. The cast included twelve students from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, which along with the Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company was celebrating their joint 50th birthday. This play was performed at the Theatre Royal, King Street, Bristol, England from November 15th to 30th 1996, directed by Andy Hay for the Bristol Old Vic Company. |
Some reviews:
"This play within a play fairly ricochets through the theatre,
at times hypnotic, violent and cruel, at others musical and comedic. The
30-strong cast was simply spellbinding . . . . This was an epic production
that resonated in the mind long after the rapturously received
denouement."
"This production . . . is frequently mesmerizing and looks striking,
set in a great stone prison."
"The theatricality of the piece is is effectively conveyed - most
notably in a series of energetically staged songs and set pieces, led with
grotesque flamboyance by a an excellent chorus of
clowns-cum-lunatics."
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