Christopher Hampton

Christopher Hampton

Translator, The Unexpected Man

Christopher Hampton's plays, musicals, and translations have garnered three Tony Awards, two Olivier Awards, four Evening Standard Awards, and the New York Theatre Critics Circle Award. Prizes for his film and television work include an Academy Award, two BAFTAs, a Writer's Guild of America Award, the Prix Italian and a Special Jury Award at the Cannes Film Festival. His plays for the Royal Court include TREATS, SAVAGES, THE PHILANTHROPIST, UNCLE VANYA, TOTAL ECLIPSE, MARYA and WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE MY MOTHER? Other plays include EMBERS, THREE SISTERS, ART, SUNSET BOULEVARD, THE TALKING CURE, ALICE’S ADVENTURES UNDER GROUND, WHITE CHAMELEON, TALES FROM HOLLYWOOD, DON JUAN COMES BACK FROM THE WAR, TALES FROM THE VIENNA WOODS, AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, THE WILD DUCK, HEDDA GABLER, LIFE X 3, TARTUFFE, LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES, THE UNEXPECTED MAN, and CONVERSATIONS AFTER A BURIAL. Hampton’s plays have been performed at the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Almeida, the Royal National Theatre, and both on West End and Broadway. His television credits include “The Ginger Tree,” “Hotel du Lac,” “The History Man,” and “Able’s Will.” He has written the screenplays for “Atonement,” “Imagining Argentina,” “The Quiet American,” “The Secret Agent,” “Mary Reilly,” “Carrington,” “Total Eclipse,” “Dangerous Liaisons,” “Wolf at the Door,” “The Good Father,” “The Honorary Consul,” “Tales from the Vienna Woods,” and “A Doll’s House.”