Episode 1

Available for 225 days

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 BBC Radio 4. Sian Ejiwunmi-LeBerre’s 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’ quest for sensation soon becomes a battle for sexual conquest and control. Cast: Madame de Merteuil ….. Tanya Moodie Count Valmont ….. Ray Fearon Cecile de Volanges ….. Nicola Coughlan Lady Tourvel ….. Melody Grove Danceny ….. Sid Sagar Lady Volanges ….. Juliet Cowan The Editor ….. Sian Ejiwunmi-LeBerre Ensemble ….. 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 BBC Radio 4