Dangerous Liaisons
by Christopher Hampton
Directed by Ethan McSweeny
Festival Theatre Aug 3 to Oct 30
Opens: Aug 12
Approximate running time:
2 hrs 56 minPhoto from left: Sara Topham as la Présidente de Tourvel, Tom McCamus as le Vicomte de Valmont, Seana McKenna as la Marquise de Merteuil and Martha Henry as Mme de RosemondeAbout the Play
In pre-Revolutionary France, the Marquise de Merteuil and her sometime lover the Vicomte de Valmont amuse themselves by plotting the seduction of two women of virtue: the virginal Cécile Volanges and the respectably married Mme de Tourvel. But as their cynical game proceeds, the players’ motives grow deeper – and more deadly.
This Olivier Award-winning drama is based on a sensationally popular novel so scandalous that it was banned in the 19th century as an outrage to public morality.
Content Advisory
Dangerous Liaisons deals with mature subject matter and is best suited to later teens and up. The production includes brief nudity and the use of haze and fog.
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