STAGE TUBE: First Look at Elaine Cassidy, Dominic West & Janet McTeer in LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES
By: Nicole Rosky Dec. 16, 2015
National Theatre Live will present international broadcasts of the Donmar Warehouse's production of Christopher Hampton's Les Liaisons Dangereuses on January 28, 2016. Hampton's adaptation stars Elaine Cassidy, Tony & Olivier Award winner and Oscar nominee Janet McTeer ("The White Queen") and Golden Globe Award nominee Dominic West (HBO's "The Affair"); directed by Josie Rourke ("NT Live: Coriolanus").
Check out a just-released trailer below!
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.
Details can be found at www.ntlive.com.
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