[3] Marre made his Broadway debut as an actor and associate director of the 1950 revival of John Vanbrugh's Restoration comedy The Relapse.
[7][8] In 1957, Marre directed the Jean Anouilh play, Time Remembered (translated by Patricia Moyes) on Broadway, which starred Helen Hayes, Richard Burton, Susan Strasberg and Sig Arno.
[11] He directed a revival of Shaw's little-known Too True to Be Good, on Broadway in 1963, with an all-star cast that included Lillian Gish, Cyril Ritchard, Glynis Johns and David Wayne.
[12] Several misfires were followed by what proved to be his greatest success, Dale Wasserman, Joe Darion and Mitch Leigh's Man of La Mancha (1965), again pairing Kiley and Diener.
[14] He was signed to direct the screen version but was replaced first by Peter Glenville, and ultimately by Arthur Hiller, in favor of a more experienced film director.
[citation needed] He directed one of the inaugural productions at the Ahmanson Theatre/Los Angeles Music Center, The Sorrows of Frederick by Romulus Linney in 1967, which starred Fritz Weaver.
[25] In the late 1940s, Marre was married to actress Jan Farrand,[3] who played numerous leads with the Brattle Theatre and later on Broadway; the marriage ended in divorce.