Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Synopsis: In a pair of sumptuous drawing rooms, one in a Parisian mansion, the other in a chateau on a luxurious estate in the countryside surrounding Paris, two aristocrats are very bored. To alleviate her boredom, the Marquise de Merteuil decides to construct a little intrigue for her own amusement and the amusement of her former lover, the Vicomte de Valmont.
The Marquise is aware that a young girl of good family, Cécile Volanges, has just left the convent in order to get married to the Comte de Gercourt. The Marquise has a bone to pick with this particular Comte and decides to extract her revenge. The Marquise suggests to the Vicomte that he seduce and debauch Cécile to create a scandal and humiliate Gercourt.
As events unfold the play takes in seduction, rape, a fight to the death and the total destruction of the characters’ lives. Les liaisons Dangereuses is by no means an easy play. However, it is full of dramatic incident as emotions run high and lead to violence and death.
The Spreadeagle players are marking the culmination of their 120th year with Christopher Hampton’s Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Come and see the play at the Bridewell Theatre, off Fleet Street, London. The play will peform between 4th and 7th November from 7.30pm each night. It’s a powerful play and you are guaranteed a treat.
