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The God of Carnage: A Play

The God of Carnage: A Play more books like this

by Yasmina Reza, Christopher Hampton (Translator)

What happens when two sets of parents meet up to deal with the unruly behaviour of their children?

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Art: A Play

Art: A Play more books like this

by Yasmina Reza, Christopher Hampton (Translator)

A philosophical French drama. Marc cannot believe that his friend Serge has bought an expensive modern painting, and they quarrel, while the play's third character, a friend of them both, tries to calm them.

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Les liaisons dangereuses

Les liaisons dangereuses more books like this

by Choderlos de Laclos

First published in 1782, "Les Liasons Dangereuses" was then a best-seller despite the scandal it incurred upon members of the French aristocracy, exposing as it did the endless debauchery and degeneracy that went on behind the facade of manners and mores. The Vicomte de Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil, a cynical pair of ex-lovers, take on the ...

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Yasmina Reza: Plays One: Art/The Unexpected Man/Conversations After a Burial/Life X 3

Yasmina Reza: Plays One: Art/The Unexpected Man/Conversations After a Burial/Life X 3 more books like this

by Yasmina Reza, Christopher Hampton (Translator)

Now in one volume, the works of "the most successful international playwright of her generation" (Vogue). Yasmina Reza's plays reflect the razor sharp wit, social commentary, and impeccable comedic timing that have earned the praise of critics throughout the world, none more so than the Tony Award-winning "Art," an eccentric and clever play of ...

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An Enemy of the People: A New Version by Christopher Hampton

An Enemy of the People: A New Version by Christopher Hampton

by Henrik Johan Ibsen, Christopher Hampton (Revised by)

Dr. Stockmann attempts to expose a water pollution scandal in his home town which is about to establish itself as a spa. When his brother, the mayor, conspires with local politicians and the newspaper to suppress the story, Stockmann appeals to the public meeting - only to be shouted down and reviled as 'an enemy of the people'. Ibsen's explosive ...

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Tales from Hollywood

Tales from Hollywood more books like this

by Christopher Hampton

The Austro-Hungarian dramatist Odon Von Horvath takes us on a tour of the sun-soaked boulevards of 1940s Los Angeles. Hampton's play opens up a neglected chapter of American cultural history as wry and embittered European emigres find themselves amid the materialistic razzle-dazzle of Hollywood.

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The Talking Cure

The Talking Cure more books like this

by Christopher Hampton

Set at the beginning of the 20th century, this play from the Oscar-winning writer of the screenplay "Dangerous Liaisons" explores the world of Jung and Freud.

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Life X 3: A Play

Life X 3: A Play more books like this

by Yasmina Reza, Christopher Hampton (Translator)

Henri and Sonia are thrown into disarray when Hubert and Ines arrive for dinner one day earlier than expected. As the evening degenerates, the couples are given a second and third chance to revisit their differences and end on a different note.

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The Unexpected Man: A Play

The Unexpected Man: A Play more books like this

by Yasmina Reza, Christopher Hampton (Translator)

The writer of the celebrated play ART presents a drama about the dynamic between two couples with little mutual regard who find themselves sharing an acerbic meal of chocolate fingers, chips, wine, and sarcasm.

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Total Eclipse

Total Eclipse more books like this

by Christopher Hampton

"Total Eclipse" is Christopher Hampton's screenplay about the obsessive, tormented relationship between 19th-century French poets Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud. The film starred David Thewlis and Leonardo DiCaprio, playing Verlaine and Rimbaud respectively, and was released in the winter of 1995.

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Carrington more books like this

by Christopher Hampton

A "triangular trinity of happiness" was how Dora Carrington described her early life with her husband Ralph Partridge and the writer Lytton Strachey. But, as Virginia Woolf foretold, Carrington's marriage was riskier than most: the boundaries of the menage shifted, like ice flows, to accommodate lovers who came and went, but the pivotal focus of ...

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The Secret Agent: And, Nostromo more books like this

by Christopher Hampton

Two screenplays adapted from novels by Joseph Conrad. One is set in London and the basis of the central action is an attack on the Greenwich Observatory in 1894. "Nostromo" concerns an attempt to rescue the silver of a Latin American mine from the hands of a revolutionary dictator.

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Conversations After a Burial: A Play more books like this

by Yasmina Reza, Christopher Hampton (Translator)

A violent, dark, amusing play exploring that ineffable moment of mourning when the newly deceased is still almost palpable, by the author of "Art". It was her first play and won her the Moliere Award for best author in 1987.

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Savages more books like this

by Christopher Hampton

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Les liaisons dangereuses : a play : from the novel by Choderlos de Laclos more books like this

by Christopher Hampton

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Sunset Boulevard more books like this

by Christopher Hampton, Don Black

This is the text of Andrew Lloyd Webber's show based on Billy Wilder's Hollywood movie. It tells the story of a young Hollywood writer who becomes involved with a faded star of the silent screen.

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The Philanthropist; With Total Eclipse; And, Treats

by Christopher Hampton

"The Philanthropist" is a comedy about the repercussions of a dinner party given by a soon-to-be-married bachelor don. In writing "Treats", the author wanted a play in which the heroine would slam the door and return. "Total Eclipse" is an account of the relationship between Rimbaud and Verlaine.

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Philanthropist: A Bourgeois Comedy more books like this

by Christopher Hampton

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Christopher Hampton: Plays 1: Total Eclipse, the Philanthropist, Savages, Treats more books like this

by Christopher Hampton

Four Christopher Hampton plays from the late-1960s and early-1970s: a comedy about the repercussions of a dinner party, an account of the relationship between Rimbaud and Verlaine, a variant on the eternal triangle, and a study of the extinction of the Brazilian Indians.

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Von Horvath: Plays Two more books like this

by Odon Von Horvath, Odon Von Horvath, Christopher Hampton (Translator)

"These two plays are set in the period of roaring inflation that caused so much suffering to the German people after the First World War. In "Sladek, " we see how social conditions can lead people to desperate action and violence, opening the road for dictators and fascists. Written just as the Nazis came to power, "A Sexual Congress" predicts ...

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Hedda Gabler; And, a Doll's House more books like this

by Henrik Idsen, Henrik Johan Ibsen, Christopher Hampton (Translator)

This volume contains Christopher Hampton's translations of two of Ibsen's best-known plays. He also translated "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" by Laclos and won a BAFTA Award for his television adaptation of Anita Brookner's "Hotel du Lac".

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The Etruscans and the survival of Etruria. - more books like this

by Christopher Hampton

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Treats: A Play more books like this

by Christopher Hampton

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A Practical Guide to Mentoring, Coaching and Peer-Networking: Teacher Professional Development in Schools and Colleges more books like this

by Christopher Rhodes, Michael Stokes, Geoff Hampton

Written for staff in schools and colleges, this text offers the challenge and support necessary for readers to understand, analyse and adopt coaching, mentoring and peer networking mechanisms as an essential part of the development of professional learning within an organisation.

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White Chameleon more books like this

by Christopher Hampton

In the years between the Egyptian revolution in 1952 and the Suez crisis, the author grew up in Alexandria. This semi-fictional autobiographical play deals with such matters as his pet chameleon, his artistic and political education and his friendship with the company servant.

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