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A new staging of Christopher Hampton's celebrated adaptation of the classic novel, where among the glittering salons of the super-rich, one misstep can mean ruin. Marquise de Merteuil is a master in the art of survival. Alongside the magnetic Vicomte de Valmont, they turn seduction into strategy and weaponise desire. But when their alliance collapses into rivalry, the battle between them threatens to destroy everyone in their path. Filmed live at the National Theatre, Marianne Elliott directs this thrilling game of love, lies, and social warfare.
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00:00It's the first NT Live I've done.
00:02I had a great time doing it and I now feel that, oh yeah, I'm going to watch that play
00:07that I missed if NT Live has captured it.
00:11I didn't get to see any of it, but from what I heard from people watching things backstage,
00:15some of the other actors were saying it looked terrific, it looked like a film and it was
00:18being edited at the time.
00:20I was won over really, I mean I was a little bit sceptical because I thought, you know,
00:25are we doing it for the cameras or are we doing it for the audience because of course
00:27you're doing it for the audience and that is what the cameras are capturing.

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