A man and woman lie on a floor covered in handwritten pages. The man wears a white shirt and purple shorts; the woman wears a red corset and holds a pen, resting her arm on the man’s chest. Both look at the camera.

National Theatre Live Screening: Les Liaisons Dangereuses

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Olivier and Tony® Award winner Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) joins Aidan Turner (Rivals) in a striking new staging of Christopher Hampton’s celebrated adaptation of the classic novel, where among the glittering salons of the super-rich, one misstep can mean ruin.

Marquise de Merteuil is a master in the art of survival. Alongside the magnetic Vicomte de Valmont, they turn seduction into strategy and weaponise desire. But when their alliance collapses into rivalry, the battle between them threatens to destroy everyone in their path.

Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Marianne Elliott (Angels in America) directs this thrilling game of love, lies, and social warfare.

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PROGRAM

Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher Hampton based on the novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, directed by Marianne Elliott.

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