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For which play did Brook win the Tony Award for Best Play in 1965?

  • Hamlet

  • The Crucible

  • Marat/Sade

  • Twelfth Night

Answer

Peter Brook won the Tony Award for Best Play in 1965 for his production of Peter Weiss' Marat/Sade. This play was first performed in London in 1964 and then transferred to Broadway in 1965. It tells the story of the French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat and his murder by the insane Marquis de Sade. Brook's production was praised for its innovative staging and use of music.
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