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, usually shortened to Marat/Sade, is a play written in 1963 by Peter Weiss and fully staged for the first time the following year. The work was first published in German. Best Play at the 20th Tony Awards, June 16, 1966 — hosted by George Abbott, Ginger Rogers at Rainbow Room, Rockefeller Center. Wiki link Wiki link