He was an army general and an amateur writer who decided to “write a work which departed from the ordinary, which made a noise, and which would remain on earth after his death.” And so it did.
Pierre Choderlos De Laclos died in 1802 but his scandalous novel from 1782 – Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons) lives on.
A Swedish adaptation, directed by Christopher Hampton and starring Livia Millhagen a nd Alexandra Rapaport, opens at Dramaten on February 8..
More info here and tickets here.
