Matthias Langhoff

Quartett

Archive 2005

Theatre

1/5

Quartett - (Quatuor) adapted from Laclos of Heiner Müller
Translation, Jean Jourdheuil and Béatrice Perregaux
Direction, Set Design, ﬁlms, Matthias Langhoff
Light, construction, Yves Bernard
Painting, Catherine Rankl
With Muriel Mayette and François Chattot
Production, Rumpelpumpel Company
Coproduction, Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne E.T.E / Espace Malraux - Chambéry /
Maison des Arts -Thonon les Bains, Théâtre de la Croix Rousse / Lyon
With the support of Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication
With the collaboration of the Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique

All may be fair in love and war, but Heiner Müller’s adaptation of Laclos’ 1782 literary shocker, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, might still leave you yearning for a truce. Under Langhoff’s direction, the Machiavellian lovers Valmont and Madame de Merteuil take relations between the sexes to scheming extremes. Illusions are shattered; ugly verities laid bare. “Mistakes can be liberating,” says Müller. They can also be very cruel.