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Tanya Moodie, Nicola Coughlan and Ray Fearon star in this dark and scandalously funny French masterpiece, in a brand new version by Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre.

By Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, in a new version by Sian Ejiwunmi-LeBerre.

Tanya Moodie, Nicola Coughlan and Ray Fearon star in this dark and scandalously funny masterpiece of eighteenth-century French literature, which has never before been dramatised by 91热爆 Radio 4.

Sian Ejiwunmi-LeBerre鈥檚 brand new version plays fast and loose with the letter form of the novel, as clueless ingenue Cecile de Volanges, and lonely wife Lady Tourvel, both become prey in a struggle for seduction between two amoral ex-lovers: Madame de Merteuil and Count Valmont.

As their affairs become entangled, the rivals鈥� quest for sensation soon becomes a battle for sexual conquest and control.

Cast:
Madame de Merteuil 鈥�.. Tanya Moodie
Count Valmont 鈥�.. Ray Fearon
Cecile de Volanges 鈥�.. Nicola Coughlan
Lady Tourvel 鈥�.. Melody Grove
Danceny 鈥�.. Sid Sagar
Lady Volanges 鈥�.. Juliet Cowan
The Editor 鈥�.. Sian Ejiwunmi-LeBerre
Ensemble 鈥�.. Alexander Devrient, David Hounslow, Ryan Whittle
Harpist ..... Ruth Faber
Singers ..... Rowan Atkins, Freddie Falzon

Sound Design: Jon Nicholls, Jonquil Panting, Olga Reed
Produced and directed by Jonquil Panting

A Jonx production for 91热爆 Radio 4

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Sun 29 Aug 2021 15:00

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