Thunder Road Theatre Company, Harrogate Theatre Company

Based on the original novel by Alexandre Dumas, adapted for the stage by Polis Loizou.

"Life is a storm, my young friend you will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes”

When jealous conspirators fraternize with corrupt council, Edmund Dantès finds himself wrongfully imprisoned within the impenetrable fortress Château D’if. A lifetime of isolation awaits the once proud merchant of the Pharaon but a chance escape quenches Edmund’s thirst for vengeance.

The hero is now the villain, and the villain will have his revenge.