{"product_id":"9780571341467","title":"Hampton on Hampton: Conversations with Christopher Hampton","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'A lot of my plays begin as comedies and mutate in the course of the evening, because my instinct is that you have to welcome the audience in and make sure they're sitting comfortably before you can give them an adequate punch on the jaw.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the acclaimed London première of his first play in 1966, Christopher Hampton has established himself as one of Britain's most prominent, and least predictable, dramatists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom his best-known play, \u003cb\u003eLes Liaisons Dangereuses\u003c\/b\u003e, and its Oscar-winning film version, \u003cb\u003eDangerous Liaisons\u003c\/b\u003e, to personal and critical favourites like \u003cb\u003eTotal Eclipse\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eTales from Hollywood\u003c\/b\u003e; from his films as writer-director (\u003cb\u003eCarrington\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eImagining Argentina\u003c\/b\u003e) to his work as screenwriter-for-hire (\u003cb\u003eMary Reilly\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Quiet American\u003c\/b\u003e); from translations (\u003cb\u003eArt\u003c\/b\u003e) to musicals (\u003cb\u003eSunset Boulevard\u003c\/b\u003e), Hampton eloquently - and entertainingly - explores his varied career with interviewer Alistair Owen, and discusses its recurring theme: the clash of liberal and radical thought, exemplified by his most recent play, \u003cb\u003eThe Talking Cure\u003c\/b\u003e, about the fathers of psychoanalysis, Jung and Freud.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104477004016,"sku":"9780571341467","price":24.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780571341467_p0.jpg?v=1763719696","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780571341467","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}