MADAME DE SADE by Yukio Mishima, translated from the Japanese by Donald Keene

Cast includes Judi Dench Director Michael Grandage

Against her mother?s wishes, Ren?e remains vehemently devoted to her husband, the Marquis de Sade, the notorious aristocrat imprisoned in the Bastille for his lurid escapades and licentious behaviour.

Set in Paris as it hurtles towards a violent revolution, Mishima?s poetic masterpiece brings to life the fascinating story of the Marquis de Sade told through the eyes of six remarkable women.