Les liaisons dangereuses ( Jun 2008 Play)

Laura Linney, Ben Daniels - American Airlines Theatre

  Les liaisons dangereuses  is a play by Christopher Hampton adapted from the 1782 novel of the same title by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. The plot focuses on the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, rivals who use sex as a weapon of humiliation and degradation, all the while enjoying their cruel games. Their targets are the virtuous (and married) Madame de Tourvel and Cécile de Volanges, a young girl who has fallen in love with her music tutor, the Chevalier Danceny. In order to gain their trust, Merteuil and Valmont pretend to help the secret lovers so they can use them later in their own treacherous schemes.

Cast: Laura Linney, Ben Daniels, Sian Phillips, Jessica Collins, Mamie Gummer, Kristine Nielsen, Benjamin Walker