Les Liaisons Dangereuses Author:christopher Hampton Les Liaisons Dangereuses, a play by Christopher Hampton. From the novel by Choderlos de Lacos. NOTE: Title only is in French. Actual play is in English. — From the description on Wikipedia: — It is the story of the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, two rivals who use sex as a weapon to humiliate and degrade others, all the while enj... more »oying their cruel games. It has been claimed to depict the decadence of the French aristocracy shortly before the French Revolution, thereby exposing the perversions of the so-called Ancien R?gime. However, it has also been described as a vague, amoral story.« less