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==Musical score== ''Marat/Sade'' is a play with music. The use of music follows the approach of Brecht, whereby the songs comment on themes and issues of the play. Unlike a traditional musical format, the songs do not further the plot or expositional development of character in the play. By contrast they often add an [[alienation effect]], interrupting the action of the play and offering historical, social and political commentary. [[Richard Peaslee]] composed music for the original English-language production of ''Marat/Sade'' directed by [[Peter Brook]]. Although there is no official score to the play in any language, the success of the Brook-directed [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] production and film made the Peaslee score popular for English-language productions. Sections of the Peaslee score have been included in trade copies of the [[Geoffrey Skelton]]/[[Adrian Mitchell]] English version (based on the text used for the Royal Shakespeare Company productions). The full score is available from ECS Publishing/Galaxy Music Corporation. The original Royal Shakespeare Company production was so popular that folk singer [[Judy Collins]] recorded a medley of songs from the show on her album ''[[In My Life (Judy Collins album)|In My Life]]''. [[File:Marat Sade at UCSD 2005.jpg|thumb|250px|''Marat/Sade'' production at the [[University of California, San Diego]], 2005, directed by Stefan Novinski]] [[File:Peter Weiss' Marat Sade at SUNY 2008.jpg|thumb|250px|''Marat/Sade'' production at the [[State University of New York at Fredonia]], 2008, directed by James Ivey]] [[File:Marat-sade-note01.jpg|thumb|250px|''Marat/Sade'' production at the [[Theatre of NOTE]], 2000, directed by [[Brad Mays]]]] [[File:Hôpital Esquirol.JPG|thumb|250px|''Marat/Sade'' is set at later mental home "Hôpital Esquirol" in present-day [[Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne|Saint-Maurice]]]] Recordings of the songs were made by the cast of the original Royal Shakespeare Company production and film. The first recording of the show was a three-LP set released in 1964 by [[Caedmon Records]]. This was a complete audio recording of the original London production. The second release was a single [[soundtrack album]] LP of the film score, released by Caedmon/[[United Artists Records]]. The third release was a CD compilation of two 1966 Brook/Peaslee Royal Shakespeare Company productions: ''Marat/Sade and [[US (play)|US]]'', released by Premier Recordings. The songs included on this 1992 CD were: # Homage to Marat # The Corday Waltz # Song and Mime of Corday's Arrival in Paris # The People's Reaction # Those Fat Monkeys # Poor Old Marat # One Day It Will Come to Pass # Poor Marat in Your Bathtub Seat # Poor Old Marat (Reprise) # Copulation Round # Fifteen Glorious Years (interpolating the "[[La Marseillaise|Marseillaise]]") # Finale This track listing omits Royal Anthem (which appears on all other recordings) and does not specifically mention The Tumbrel Song either individually or as a part of Song and Mime of Corday's Arrival in Paris. The cast of this recording includes [[Patrick Magee (actor)|Patrick Magee]], [[Glenda Jackson]] and [[Freddie Jones]]. (The accompanying production, ''US'', is about an American soldier "zappin' the [Viet] [[Vietcong|Cong]]" in the [[Vietnam War]].)
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