Editing Marat/Sade (section)

==Productions==
In 1964 the play was translated by Geoffrey Skelton with lyric adaptation by Adrian Mitchell and staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Peter Brook directed a cast that included [[Ian Richardson]] as the herald, [[Clive Revill]] as Marat, [[Patrick Magee (actor)|Patrick Magee]] as de Sade and [[Glenda Jackson]] as [[Charlotte Corday]].

After two previews, the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production opened on 27 December 1965 at the [[Martin Beck Theatre]] and ran for 145 performances. Richardson took over the role of Marat, while Magee and Jackson reprised the roles they had originated in [[London]].

The play won the [[Tony Award for Best Play]], and Brook was named [[Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play|Best Director]]. Additional awards went to Magee for [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play|Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play]] and [[Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss]] for her [[Tony Award for Best Costume Design|Costume Design]]. Jackson lost the [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play]] to [[Zoe Caldwell]]. It also won the 1966 [[New York Drama Critics' Circle]] Award for Best Play.

In Australia, the play was directed by [[Edgar Metcalfe]] in 1966 at the [[the Playhouse Theatre (Perth)|Playhouse Theatre]] in [[Perth]]. It played for six weeks. The cast included Alan Lander as Marat and Eileen Colocott as Charlotte Corday. Other cast members included [[Peter Collingwood]] as the Marquis de Sade, James Beattie, Rosemary Barr, Peter Morris, Chris Johnson, Ken Gregory and Roland Rocchiccioli. The set was designed by Ted Dombowski.