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Janet McTeer and Liev Schreiber, both Tony winners, will return to Broadway this fall in the Donmar Warehouse production of _Les Liaisons Dangereuses_ by Christopher Hampton, directed by the

Donmar’s Artistic Director Josie Rourke. It will be the second Broadway revival of the drama, which had its premiere in a 1987 production co-starring Lindsay Duncan and the late Alan

Rickman. A 2008 revival starred Laura Linney and Ben Daniels. The new revival begins performances October 8 and will open on the 30th at the Shubert Organization’s Booth Theatre for a

limited run through January 22. In 1782, Choderlos de Laclos’ novel of sex, intrigue and betrayal in pre-revolutionary France scandalized the world. Two hundred years later, in 1985,

Christopher Hampton’s stage adaptation became an award-winning sensation in London’s West End and on Broadway, followed by the 1988 film _Dangerous Liaisons_ starring Glenn Close, John

Malkovich and Michelle Pfeiffer, which scored a Best Picture Oscar nom. Josie Rourke’s acclaimed production transfers to Broadway after a sold-out engagement at London’s Donmar Warehouse

starring McTeer, which ended earlier this year. The production was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Revival. _Les Liaisons Dangereuses_ will be produced on Broadway by Arielle Tepper

Madover. WATCH ON DEADLINE McTeer, who will play La Marquise de Merteuil, earned a Tony Award in 1997 for her Broadway debut in _A Doll’s House _and most recently appeared on the Broadway

stage in _God of Carnage_ and the Donmar’s _Mary Stuart_. She can also be seen this summer in the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park production of _Taming of the Shrew_. Schreiber, who

will play _Le Vicomte de Valmont_, earned a Tony Award for his performance in 2005’s _Glengarry Glen Ross_, and received a Tony nomination for his most recent Broadway appearance in _A View

from the Bridge_. He stars in the hit Showtime series _Ray Donovan_, whose fourth season premieres June 26. Director Josie Rourke, who is in rehearsal for Nick Payne’s new play_ Elegy_ at

the Donmar in London, is represented this summer in New York with the just-announced Public Theater/Donmar Warehouse co-production of _Privacy_. Co-conceived by James Graham and Rourke,

_Privacy_ is written by James Graham and directed by Josie Rourke. Hampton received an Academy Award for scripting the movie _Dangerous Liaisons_. He is currently represented on Broadway

with the acclaimed adaptation of Florian Zeller’s _The Father _and in London with his new version of Zeller’s _The Truth _as well as the return of _Sunset Boulevard _starring Glenn Close.