Christopher Hampton was born in the Azores in 1946. He wrote his first play, When Did You Last See My Mother?, at the age of eighteen. Since then, his plays have included The Philanthropist, Savages, Tales from Hollywood, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, White Chameleon, The Talking Cure and Appomattox. He has translated plays by Ibsen, Molière, von Horváth, Chekhov and Yasmina Reza. His television work includes adaptations of The History Man and Hotel du Lac. His screenplays include The Honorary Consul, The Good Father, Dangerous Liaisons, Mary Reilly, Total Eclipse, The Quiet American, Atonement, Cheri, A Dangerous Method, Carrington, The Secret Agent and Imagining Argentina, the last three of which he also directed.
By the Same Author from Faber
also by Florian Zeller from Faber
THE MOTHER and THE FATHER
THE TRUTH
also by Christopher Hampton
CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON: PLAYS ONE
(The Philanthropist, Total Eclipse, Savages, Treats)
CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON: PLAYS TWO
(Tales from Hollywood, Les Liaisons Dangereuses,
White Chameleon, The Talking Cure)
APPOMATTOX
screenplays
(Dangerous Liaisons, Carrington, Mary Reilly,
A Bright Shining Lie, The Custom of the Country)
TOTAL ECLIPSE
THE SECRET AGENT & NOSTROMO
translations
Yasmina Reza’s
‘ART’
THE UNEXPECTED MAN
CONVERSATIONS AFTER A BURIAL
LIFE X 3
THE GOD OF CARNAGE
Ibsen’s
Chekhov’s
THE SEAGULL
Ödön von Horváth’s
JUDGMENT DAY
also available
HAMPTON ON HAMPTON
edited by Alistair Owen
Copyright
First published in 2017
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Translation © Christopher Hampton, 2017
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