Total Eclipse

Christopher Hampton

ISBN 10: 0573616922 / ISBN 13: 9780573616921

Published by Samuel French Ltd, 2011

New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # CX-9780573616921

Synopsis:

Christopher Hampton

Drama

Characters: 10 male 5 female plus extras

Various Sets

Revised version. Total Eclipse is an intelligent look at the relationship between Rimbaud and Verlaine and shows considerable insight into the bourgeois and artistic societies of the period as well as a moving understanding of homosexuality.

"The first six scenes develop the contrast between the two men...and their mutual need for each other as they move th

About the Author: Christopher Hampton was born in the Azores in 1946. As a child he travelled around Aden, Egypt and Zanzibar. He was educated at Lancing College and in 1966 he went to New College, Oxford to study German and French, graduating in 1969 with a First Class degree. He wrote his first play, When Did You Last See Your Mother?, at the age of eighteen. It was first performed by Oxford undergraduates and subsequently moved to the Royal Court in June 1966. Since then, Christopher Hampton has worked on numerous original plays, adaptations and translations in the theatre, television and cinema. Hampton's plays are published by Faber in its Contemporary Classics series.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Total Eclipse
Publisher: Samuel French Ltd
Publication Date: 2011
Binding: PAP
Condition: New