Following the hugely
successful broadcasts of Coriolanus
and King Lear, National Theatre Live brings the Donmar Warehouse’s highly
anticipated new production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses to cinemas - broadcast live from the Donmar’s London home.
Directed by Josie Rourke
(Coriolanus), the cast includes Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey), Janet McTeer (The White Queen) and Dominic West (The Wire).
In 1782, Choderlos de
Laclos’ novel of sex, intrigue and betrayal in pre-revolutionary France
scandalised the world. Two hundred years later, Christopher Hampton's
irresistible adaptation swept the board, winning the Olivier and Evening
Standard Awards for Best Play. Josie Rourke’s revival now marks the play’s
thirty year anniversary.
Former lovers, the Marquise de Merteuil and Vicomte de Valmont now
compete in games of seduction and revenge. Merteuil incites Valmont to corrupt
the innocent Cecile de Volanges before her wedding night but Valmont has
targeted the peerlessly virtuous and beautiful Madame de Tourvel. While these
merciless aristocrats toy with others’ hearts and reputations, their own may
prove more fragile than they supposed.