Christopher Hampton (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
Christopher James Hampton is outstanding as one of the modern British playwrights because of his linguistic skills, his ability to write original plays and adaptations from other works as well as translations, and his versatility of theme.
Hampton, the son of Bernard Patrick and Dorothy (Herrington) Hampton, was born in the Azores islands, where his father was an engineer. He spent his childhood in Aden and Alexandria, Egypt, as well as in Zanzibar. When he was ten years old, the Suez crisis erupted, and he and his mother were forced to flee from Egypt to England. Although he has...
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