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TranslatorChristopher Hampton
Theatre includes: When Did You Last See My Mother? (1966 Oxford University, Royal Court, Comedy), Total Eclipse (1968 Royal Court, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1981 Lyric, Hammersmith), The Philanthropist (1970 Royal Court, Mayfair, 1991 Wyndham’s, 2005 Donmar Warehouse), Savages (1973 Royal Court, Comedy), Treats (1976 Royal Court, Mayfair, 2007 Garrick), Tales from Hollywood (1982 Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1983 NT, 2001 Donmar Warehouse), Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1985 RSC, Ambassadors, 1987 Music Box Theatre, Broadway), White Chameleon (1991 NT), Sunset Boulevard with Don Black and Andrew Lloyd Webber (1992 Adelphi, 1994 Minskoff Theatre, Broadway), Alice’s Adventures Under Ground (1994 NT), The Talking Cure (2002 NT), Embers (2006 Duke of York’s), Waiting for the Barbarians (2005 Erfurt, Germany) and Appomattox librettos with music by Philip Glass (2007 San Franciso Opera House).
Translations include: Plays by Yasmina Reza: Life x 3 (2000 NT), Conversations After a Burial (2000 Almeida), Art (1996 Wyndham’s) and The Unexpected Man (1997 RSC, Duchess). By Chekhov: Three Sisters (2003 Ambassadors), Uncle Vanya (1970 Royal Court) and The Seagull (2007 Royal Court). By Ibsen: Hedda Gabler (1970 Stratford Festival, Ontario, 1989 NT), A Doll’s House (1971 Playhouse Theatre, Broadway, 1975 Lincoln Center), Ghosts (1978 Actors’ Company), The Wild Duck (1979 NT) and An Enemy of the People (1997 NT). By Molière: Don Juan (1972 Bristol Old Vic, BBC Radio) and Tartuffe (1983 RSC). By Ödön Von Horvàth: Tales from the Vienna Woods (1977 NT), Don Juan Comes Back from the War (1978 NT) and Faith, Hope and Charity (1989 Lyric, Hammersmith).
Film includes: A Doll’s House (1973), Tales from the Vienna Woods (1979), The Honorary Consul (1983, from the novel by Graham Greene), The Good Father (1986, from the novel by Peter Prince), Wolf at the Door (1986), Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Total Eclipse (1995), Carrington (1995, also directed), Mary Reilly (1996), The Secret Agent (1996, also directed, from the novel by Joseph Conrad), The Quiet American (2002), Imagining Argentina (2003, also directed) and Atonement (2007).
Television includes: Able’s Will (1977), The History Man (1980, from the novel by Malcom Bradbury), Hotel du Lac (1986, from the novel by Anita Brookner) and The Ginger Tree (1989, from the novel by Oswald Wynd).
Awards: Evening Standard Award: The Philanthropist (1970), Tales from Hollywood (1983), Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1986). Plays and Players London Theatre Critics’ Award: The Philanthropist (1970), Savages (1973), Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1985). Los Angeles Drama Critics’ Circle Award: Savages (1974). Screen International Award: Tales from the Vienna Woods (1980). Laurence Olivier Award: Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1986). New York Theatre Critics’ Circle Award: Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1987). Prix Italia: The Good Father (1987). Writers Guild of America Award: Dangerous Liaisons (1988). Academy Award: Dangerous Liaisons (1988). BAFTA Award: Dangerous Liaisons (1989). Tony Award: two for Sunset Boulevard (1995). Cannes Festival Special Jury Prize: Carrington (1995). Scott Moncrieff Translation Prize: Art (1997). Hollywood Screenwriter of the Year 2007 and Collateral Award at the Venice Film Festival for Best Literary Adaptation 2007 for Atonement.