Dangerous Liaisons

by Choderlos de Laclos, Sarah Woodward (Narrated by), Michael Sheen (Narrated by), Polly Hayes (Narrated by), Estelle Kohler (Narrated by), Claire Skinner (Narrated by), Benjamin Soames (Narrated by), Freda Dowie (Narrated by)

Overview

A new translation of one of the most notorious novels of all time

Published just years before the French Revolution, Laclos's great novel of moral and emotional depravity is a disturbing and ultimately damning portrayal of a decadent society. Aristocrats and ex-lovers Marquise de Merteuil and Vicomte de Valmont embark on a sophisticated game of seduction and manipulation to bring amusement to their jaded lives. While Merteuil challenges Valmont to seduce an innocent convent girl, he is also occupied with the conquest of a virtuous married woman. Eventually their human pawns respond, and the consequences prove to be more serious-and deadly-than the players could have ever predicted.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2000003463282
Publisher:	Naxos Audiobooks Ltd.
Publication date:	04/28/2005
Series:	3-CD Set
Edition description:	Abridged

About the Author

Sarah Woodward joined the RSC after leaving RADA and has since appeared in many Shakespearean roles including Juliet directed by Declan Donnelan. Other theatre credits include The Sea, and Kean, directed by Sam Mendes, as well as the Royal National Theatre production of Wild Oats.

Michael Sheen trained at RADA. He appeared at Manchester's Royal Exchange in Look Back in Anger and Romeo and Juliet, in Ninagawa's Peer Gynt, the World Premier of Pinter's Moonlight and the Royal National Theatre's Ends of the Earth. He has played Henry V for the Royal Shakespeare Company, and has appeared in the films Mary Reilly, Othello and Wilde.

Polly Hayes trained at LAMDA. Since then she has been active in theatre (from Molière to Chekhov) and appeared both on radio and TV in the UK.

Estelle Kohler is an Associate of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her long career as a Stratford leading lady began with Juliet to Ian Holm's Romeo, winning the London Critics' Award. She has won other awards and nominations for a great range of work on stage, film and television.

Claire Skinner trained at LAMDA. She has been in great demand ever since, appearing with the Royal National Theatre and the RSC as well as in the world premiére of Harold Pinter's Moonlight. She has been equally active in film, including Life is Sweet, Naked and I.D.

Benjamin Soames trained at LAMDA. He has appeared in the TV series Sharpe and Absolutely Fabulous as well as the films Heavy Weather and England, My England. He toured worldwide in th acclaimed Cheek By Jowl production of Measure For Measure.

Freda Dowie will be remembered as the mother in Terence Davies' film Distant Voices: Still Lives. She was an original member of Peter Brook's Theatre of Cruelty. Her stage credits include an award-winning Electra and Emily Dickinson in the one-woman play Belle of Amherst. She recently played a leadingh role in the BBC's acclaimed series Our Friends in the North.