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Christopher Hampton

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January 26, 1946 in Fayal, Azores, Portugal

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Drama

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Christopher James Hampton CBE, FRSL is a British playwright, screen writer and film director. He is best known for his play based on the novel Les Liaisons dangereuses and the film version Dangerous Liaisons (1988) and also more recently for writing the nominated screenplay for the film adaptation of Ian McEwan's Atonement.

Hampton became involved in the theatre while studying German and French at Oxford University where OUDS performed his play When Did You Last See My Mother?, about adolescent homosexuality, reflecting his own experiences at Lancing College, the boarding school he had attended. The play was performed at the Royal Court Theatre in London, and that production soon transferred to the Comedy Theatre, resulting in Hampton, in 19...more

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Average rating: 3.81 · 1,492 ratings · 128 reviews · 38 distinct works

	Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher Hampton, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (original author) 4.18 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 1985 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Talking Cure 3.74 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2003	My rating:
	Carrington 4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1995	My rating:
	Total Eclipse 3.65 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Tales from Hollywood 3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Philanthropist: A Bourgeois Comedy 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	Atonement: The Shooting Script by Christopher Hampton, Ian McEwan 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Douglas Parmée (Translator) 4.08 avg rating — 7,799 ratings — published 1782 — 163 editions	My rating:
	Embers by Christopher Hampton, Sándor Márai 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Dangerous Liaisons: The Film: A Screenplay 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	My rating: