LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES
by Christopher Hampton
from the novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
directed by Lainie Hart
An Amateur Production By Arrangement with ORIGIN (TM) Theatrical, on behalf of Samuel French Inc. - A Concord Theatricals Company
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Two rivals, one wager, no survivors.
This is a dangerous world where you must win or die. Set in the glittering decadence of pre-Revolutionary France, Les Liaisons Dangereuses follows the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, two aristocrats who wield seduction like a blade. Their dangerous games spiral into betrayal, obsession, and devastating consequences, revealing the rot beneath society’s polished veneer.
The action of the play takes place in various salons and bedrooms in a number of homes and chateaux in and around Paris and in the Bois de Vincennes, from one Autumn to Winter in the 1780s.
ACT I
Scene 1 Mme la Marquise de Merteuil’s Salon, Paris 5 Aug 1785 (Summer)
Scene 2 Mme de Rosemonde’s Château salon, in the country 26 Aug 1785
Scene 3 Emilie’s bedroom, her house in the outskirts of Paris 30 Aug 1785
Scene 4 Merteuil’s Salon, Paris 9 Sept 1785 (Autumn)
Scene 5 Rosemonde’s chateau salon, country 16 Sept 1785
Scene 6 Cecile’s chateau bedroom 30 Sept 1785
Scene 7 Rosemonde’s Chateau salon 1 Oct 1785
Scene 8 Valmont’s chateau bedroom 3 Oct 1785
Scene 9 Rosemonde’s chateau salon 4 Oct 1785
ACT II
Scene 1 Valmont’s salon, in his house, Paris 28 Oct 1785
Scene 2 Tourvel’s salon, in her house Paris 31 Oct 1785
Scene 3 Merteuil’s Salon, Paris 1 Nov 1785
Scene 4 Valmont’s salon, Paris 15 Nov 1785
Scene 5 Merteuil’s Salon, Paris 25 Nov 1785
Scene 6 Tourvel’s Salon, Paris 26 Nov 1785
Scene 7 Merteuil’s Salon, Paris 3 Dec 1785 (Winter)
Scene 8 Bois de Vincennes 10 Dec 1785
Scene 9 Merteuil’s Salon, Paris 31 Dec 1785 (New Year's Eve)
RUN TIME
ACT I 95 minutes
ACT II 65 minutes.
There will be one 20 minute Interval.
The performance finished at 10:30pm.
Bar service available up to 5 minutes before start of ACT I, at interval & after the performance.
