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Product DescriptionThis book features Tales from Hollywood (Winner of the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best New Comedy, 1983), Les Liaisons Dangereuses (the hugely influential adaptation which led to the worldwide cinema smash hit), White Chameleon, and The Talking Cure. About the AuthorChristopher 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 and The Talking Cure. He has translated plays by Ibsen, Moliere, von Horvath, Chekhov and Yasmina Reza (including Art and Life x 3). 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, Carrington, The Secret Agent and Imagining Argentina, the last three of which he also directed.