Written by Christopher Hampton. For a review of this musical version, renamed The Game, go here. It had a wonderful cast, a smart score and with luck, the director and company artistic director will see to it that it reaches a wider audience before too long.
The one time she just let it rip was in. Seduced by revenge and fueled by passion, the two diabolically charming step-siblings place a bet on whether or not Sebastian can deflower their incoming headmaster’s daughter.A tale of seduction, revenge, and human maliceLiev Schreiber Dons Wig And Accent In ‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’ Broadway Revival Review. I found the last semester fairly demanding as it involved five subjects and two different campuses and 'Cruel Intentions: The Musical' pulls you into the manipulative world of Manhattan’s most dangerous liaisons: Sebastian Valmont and Kathryn Merteuil. I’m getting back into the routine I used to enjoy and it’s so good to have less pressure and more time. I’ve now finished uni for the year and it’s a great feeling.
A recording of The Pit production can be listened to on premises, at the British Library. In October 1986, with only a few cast changes, the production transferred again to the Ambassadors Theatre in the West End. Christopher Hampton won the Evening Standard Award for Best Play and the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play, and Lindsay Duncan received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress.
The show won the 1987 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Foreign Play.Hampton adapted the play for the screen in a 1988 film version directed by Stephen Frears.Following 22 previews, a Broadway revival produced by the Roundabout Theatre Company opened at the American Airlines Theatre on and ran for 77 performances. Duncan won the Theatre World Award and Davies won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play. Christopher Hampton was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, but lost both to August Wilson for Fences. Following eight previews, it opened at the Music Box Theatre on Apand ran for 149 performances.
One reviewer noted that "Director Sam Strong's beautifully paced production emphasises gratification via the wielding of power rather than via lust." 2016 revival The play was revived at the Donmar Warehouse in the winter of 2015–16, the first time it had received a major outing in London since its 1986 premiere. Strong said that he liked the line given to Rosamonde “The only thing which might surprise one is how little the world changes” because it "speaks directly to the timelessness of the piece's exploration of human behaviour, from the less savoury parts like betrayal and manipulation to the best parts like being in love." He also said he was "intrigued by the paradoxical nature of the Valmont and Tourvel story – the manner in which Valmont is both redeemed and destroyed by love at the same time". The production was directed by Sam Strong, with Hugo Weaving playing the Vicomte de Valmont and Pamela Rabe the Marquise de Merteuil. The production was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play but lost to Boeing-Boeing.Hampton's play was produced by the Sydney Theatre Company and performed at the Wharf Theatre as part of the 2012 season.
The Broadway production closed earlier than expected, on Janu(rather than on January 22. The play opened at the Booth Theatre on October 30, 2016. The production transferred to Broadway in a limited engagement with McTeer joined by Liev Schreiber and Mary Beth Peil as Madame de Rosemonde.
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