Desert Island Discs - Christopher Hampton

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the writer Christopher Hampton. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his multiplicity of talents - after obtaining a first at Oxford he went straight to the Royal Court Theatre in London where he wrote several highly-regarded plays, among them The Philanthropist. He then went on to win an Oscar for his screenplay of the film Dangerous Liaisons, to translate the work of Ibsen and Chekhov, to write the book for Sunset Boulevard, and, most recently, to direct the film Carrington, which he also wrote.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Requiem: The Lachrymosa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: A title by Marcel Proust
Luxury: Pen and paper

Published on Sunday, 7th January 1996.

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