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 : On  October 19th [[Barney Simon]] did another version of the play with [[The Company]] as opening production in the [[Market Theatre]] main theatre. [[Kenneth Hendel]] played the Marquis de Sade, Marat was played by [[Wilson Dunster]] and Charlotte Corday by [[Sandra Prinsloo]]. [[Hazel Feldman]] was the publicist.
-: Staged from 2 to 5 July as a [[Little Theatre]] Presentation in the [[Concert Hall]] at the [[Baxter Theatre Centre]] in Cape Town, directed by [[Mavis Taylor]], with [[Kiki Sevadjian]] (Marquis de Sade), [[Neil McCarthy]] (Jean-Paul Marat), [[Jennie Reznek]] (Simonne Evrard), [[Bryony Mortimer]] (Charlotte Corday), [[Robin Sanders]] (Duperret), [[Alan Murchison]] (Jacques Roux), [[Dumile Magodla]] (Kokol), [[Dawid Minnaar]] (Polpoch), [[Alida Theron]] (Rossignol), [[Robin Lake]] (Herald), [[Aubrey Shelton]] (M. Coulmier), [[Penelope Lorimer]] (Mme. Coulmier), [[Margaretha Fischer]] (Mlle. Coulmier) and others. Assistant director: [[Tjaart Potgieter]], voice coach: [[Gay Morris]].
+: Staged by [[UCT Drama Department]] from 2 to 5 July as a [[Little Theatre]] Presentation in the [[Concert Hall]] at the [[Baxter Theatre Centre]] in Cape Town, directed by [[Mavis Taylor]], with [[Kiki Sevadjian]] (Marquis de Sade), [[Neil McCarthy]] (Jean-Paul Marat), [[Jennie Reznek]] (Simonne Evrard), [[Bryony Mortimer]] (Charlotte Corday), [[Robin Sanders]] (Duperret), [[Alan Murchison]] (Jacques Roux), [[Dumile Magodla]] (Kokol), [[Dawid Minnaar]] (Polpoch), [[Alida Theron]] (Rossignol), [[Robin Lake]] (Herald), [[Aubrey Shelton]] (M. Coulmier), [[Penelope Lorimer]] (Mme. Coulmier), [[Margaretha Fischer]] (Mlle. Coulmier) and others. Assistant director: [[Tjaart Potgieter]], voice coach: [[Gay Morris]].
 : Performed in the  [[UJ Arts Centre Theatre]] in April as part o[[f UJ Arts and Culture]]’s [[RƎVO⅃UTION MMXIV programme]]. Directed by [[Alby Michaels]], with [[Motlatji Ditodi]] as co-director, [[Craig Morris]] as choreographer,  [[Franco Prinsloo]] as musical director, [[Nic Mayer]] as set designer, [[Oliver Hauser]] as lighting designer and and [[Jo Gladwill]] in charge of costumes. Performers include [[Jacques Bessenger]], [[Mothusi Magano]], [[Jenna Dunster]] and an ensemble cast of emerging performers including UJ alumni and students.

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 : Performed in the  [[UJ Arts Centre Theatre]] in April as part o[[f UJ Arts and Culture]]’s [[RƎVO⅃UTION MMXIV programme]]. Directed by [[Alby Michaels]], with [[Motlatji Ditodi]] as co-director, [[Craig Morris]] as choreographer,  [[Franco Prinsloo]] as musical director, [[Nic Mayer]] as set designer, [[Oliver Hauser]] as lighting designer and and [[Jo Gladwill]] in charge of costumes. Performers include [[Jacques Bessenger]], [[Mothusi Magano]], [[Jenna Dunster]] and an ensemble cast of emerging performers including UJ alumni and students.
-: Performed in the [[Baxter Flipside]] at the [[Baxter Theatre Centre]] from 23 February to 25 March, directed by [[Jaco Bouwer] with [[Mncedisi Shabangu]] (Marquis de Sade), [[Charlton George]] (Jean-Paul Marat), [[Tinarie van Wyk Loots]] (Charlotte Corday), [[Bongile Mantsai]], [[Zoleka Helesi]], [[Richard September]], [[Andrew Laubscher]], [[Marty Kintu]], [[Tankiso Mamabolo]], [[Christelle Dreyer]], [[Llandi Beeslaar]], [[Sjaka Septembir]], [[Siphenathi Mayekiso]], [[Faith Kinniar]], [[Grant van Ster]] and [[Luvuyo Mabuto]]. Original music for the production is composed by [[Pierre-Henri Wicomb]], costume design by [[Birrie le Roux]], lighting design by [[Patrick Curtis]] and choreography by [[Grant van Ster]].
+: Performed in the [[Baxter Flipside]] at the [[Baxter Theatre Centre]] from 23 February to 25 March, directed by [[Jaco Bouwer]] with [[Mncedisi Shabangu]] (Marquis de Sade), [[Charlton George]] (Jean-Paul Marat), [[Tinarie van Wyk Loots]] (Charlotte Corday), [[Bongile Mantsai]], [[Zoleka Helesi]], [[Richard September]], [[Andrew Laubscher]], [[Marty Kintu]], [[Tankiso Mamabolo]], [[Christelle Dreyer]], [[Llandi Beeslaar]], [[Sjaka Septembir]], [[Siphenathi Mayekiso]], [[Faith Kinniar]], [[Grant van Ster]] and [[Luvuyo Mabuto]]. Original music for the production is composed by [[Pierre-Henri Wicomb]], costume design by [[Birrie le Roux]], lighting design by [[Patrick Curtis]] and choreography by [[Grant van Ster]].
 == Sources ==

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 Tour programme (Dryden Society) held by [[NELM]]: [Collection: KORT, Maurice]: 2012. 379. 2. 26.
-Powerful Marat/Sade comes to the Baxter - 23/02/2017 - [[Artslink]].co.za News
+"Powerful Marat/Sade comes to the Baxter" - 23/02/2017 - [[Artslink]].co.za News
 [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.

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 == Sources ==
-''Wikipedia'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marat/Sade]
+http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marat/Sade
 University of Johannesburg [http://www.uj.ac.za/EN/Newsroom/News/Pages/UJ%E2%80%99s-MARATSADE-set-to-challenge-and-provoke.aspx]

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−	''[[Marat/Sade]]'' ~~[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marat/Sade]~~ is the shortened title of ''[[Die Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats dargestellt durch die Schauspielgruppe des Hospizes zu Charenton unter Anleitung des Herrn de Sade]]'', a musical play by German writer Peter Weiss (1916-1982) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Weiss].	+	''[[Marat/Sade]]'' is the shortened title of ''[[Die Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats dargestellt durch die Schauspielgruppe des Hospizes zu Charenton unter Anleitung des Herrn de Sade]]'', a musical play by German writer Peter Weiss (1916-1982)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Weiss].

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-'''''Marat/Sade''''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marat/Sade] is the shortened title of a 1963 musical play by German writer Peter Weiss (1916-1982) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Weiss], offering a complex, challenging and disturbing look at revolution. It was first produced on 29 April, 1964 in the Schillertheater, West Berlin, Germany.
+''[[Marat/Sade]]'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marat/Sade] is the shortened title of ''[[Die Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats dargestellt durch die Schauspielgruppe des Hospizes zu Charenton unter Anleitung des Herrn de Sade]]'', a musical play by German writer Peter Weiss (1916-1982) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Weiss].
-The full German title is '''''[[Die Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats dargestellt durch die Schauspielgruppe des Hospizes zu Charenton unter Anleitung des Herrn de Sade]]''''' (English: ''[[The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade]]'').
+== The original text ==
-== The original text ==
+It was first produced on 29 April, 1964 in the Schillertheater, Berlin, Germany.
 ==Translations and adaptations==
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 Translated in 1964 into English by Geoffrey Skelton [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Skelton], with lyric adaptation by Adrian Mitchell [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Mitchell], under the title '''''[[The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade]]''''' (shortened to '''''Marat/Sade''''').
-The English translation was first staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1964, directed by [[Peter Brook]].
+The English translation was first staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1964 in a famous production directed by [[Peter Brook]].
 The English translation was filmed [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marat/Sade_%28film%29] in 1967, again directed by [[Peter Brook]].
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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-=== Staged in English translation ===
+The play has been a popular training vehicle for training institutions all over the world ever since its first production, was famously performed as the first production done at the Market Theatre, and has been used many times by Drama Departments in South Africa since the appearance of the film and its first appearance on stage in the country in the 1970s.
-: Presented by the Dryden Society [https://www.cusu.cam.ac.uk/societies/directory/drydensoc/] on a tour of Lesotho and South Africa from 27 July - 20 September 1969.
+: First presented in Southern Africa by the Dryden Society [https://www.cusu.cam.ac.uk/societies/directory/drydensoc/] on a tour of Lesotho and South Africa from 27 July - 20 September 1969.
 : The first South African production of this landmark play was in 1972 by [[Barney Simon]].
-: In March 1973 (the [[Barney Simon|Simon]] production?*) was chosen as the central production of [[MDALI]]’s [[Black Arts Festival]].
+: In March 1973 the play was chosen as the central production of [[MDALI]]’s [[Black Arts Festival]] - in all likelihood the 1972 [[Barney Simon|Simon]] production.
 : On  October 19th [[Barney Simon]] did another version of the play with [[The Company]] as opening production in the [[Market Theatre]] main theatre. [[Kenneth Hendel]] played the Marquis de Sade, Marat was played by [[Wilson Dunster]] and Charlotte Corday by [[Sandra Prinsloo]]. [[Hazel Feldman]] was the publicist.
-: Staged from 2 to 5 July as A [[Little Theatre]] Presentation in the Concert Hall at the [[Baxter Theatre Centre]] in Cape Town, directed by [[Mavis Taylor]], with [[Kiki Sevadjian]] (Marquis de Sade), [[Neil McCarthy]] (Jean-Paul Marat), [[Jennie Reznek]] (Simonne Evrard), [[Bryony Mortimer]] (Charlotte Corday), [[Robin Sanders]] (Duperret), [[Alan Murchison]] (Jacques Roux), [[Dumile Magodla]] (Kokol), [[Dawid Minnaar]] (Polpoch), [[Alida Theron]] (Rossignol), [[Robin Lake]] (Herald), [[Aubrey Shelton]] (M. Coulmier), [[Penelope Lorimer]] (Mme. Coulmier), [[Margaretha Fischer]] (Mlle. Coulmier) and others. Assistant director: [[Tjaart Potgieter]], voice coach: [[Gay Morris]].
+: Staged from 2 to 5 July as a [[Little Theatre]] Presentation in the [[Concert Hall]] at the [[Baxter Theatre Centre]] in Cape Town, directed by [[Mavis Taylor]], with [[Kiki Sevadjian]] (Marquis de Sade), [[Neil McCarthy]] (Jean-Paul Marat), [[Jennie Reznek]] (Simonne Evrard), [[Bryony Mortimer]] (Charlotte Corday), [[Robin Sanders]] (Duperret), [[Alan Murchison]] (Jacques Roux), [[Dumile Magodla]] (Kokol), [[Dawid Minnaar]] (Polpoch), [[Alida Theron]] (Rossignol), [[Robin Lake]] (Herald), [[Aubrey Shelton]] (M. Coulmier), [[Penelope Lorimer]] (Mme. Coulmier), [[Margaretha Fischer]] (Mlle. Coulmier) and others. Assistant director: [[Tjaart Potgieter]], voice coach: [[Gay Morris]].
 : Performed in the  [[UJ Arts Centre Theatre]] in April as part o[[f UJ Arts and Culture]]’s [[RƎVO⅃UTION MMXIV programme]]. Directed by [[Alby Michaels]], with [[Motlatji Ditodi]] as co-director, [[Craig Morris]] as choreographer,  [[Franco Prinsloo]] as musical director, [[Nic Mayer]] as set designer, [[Oliver Hauser]] as lighting designer and and [[Jo Gladwill]] in charge of costumes. Performers include [[Jacques Bessenger]], [[Mothusi Magano]], [[Jenna Dunster]] and an ensemble cast of emerging performers including UJ alumni and students.
-: Performed in the [[Baxter Flipside]] at the [[Baxter Theatre Centre]] from 23 February to 25 March, directed by [[Jaco Bouwer] with [[Mncedisi Shabangu]], [[Charlton George]], [[Tinarie van Wyk Loots]], [[Bongile Mantsai]], [[Zoleka Helesi]], [[Richard September]], [[Andrew Laubscher]], [[Marty Kintu]], [[Tankiso Mamabolo]], [[Christelle Dreyer]], [[Llandi Beeslaar]], [[Sjaka Septembir]], [[Siphenathi Mayekiso]], [[Faith Kinniar]], [[Grant van Ster]] and [[Luvuyo Mabuto]]. Original music for the production is composed by [[Pierre-Henri Wicomb]], costume design by [[Birrie le Roux]], lighting design by [[Patrick Curtis]] and choreography by [[Grant van Ster]].
+: Performed in the [[Baxter Flipside]] at the [[Baxter Theatre Centre]] from 23 February to 25 March, directed by [[Jaco Bouwer] with [[Mncedisi Shabangu]] (Marquis de Sade), [[Charlton George]] (Jean-Paul Marat), [[Tinarie van Wyk Loots]] (Charlotte Corday), [[Bongile Mantsai]], [[Zoleka Helesi]], [[Richard September]], [[Andrew Laubscher]], [[Marty Kintu]], [[Tankiso Mamabolo]], [[Christelle Dreyer]], [[Llandi Beeslaar]], [[Sjaka Septembir]], [[Siphenathi Mayekiso]], [[Faith Kinniar]], [[Grant van Ster]] and [[Luvuyo Mabuto]]. Original music for the production is composed by [[Pierre-Henri Wicomb]], costume design by [[Birrie le Roux]], lighting design by [[Patrick Curtis]] and choreography by [[Grant van Ster]].
 == Sources ==