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milestones
Year
Milestone
Lived in Aden and Egypt as a child
1956
Forced to leave Alexandria, Egypt when the Suez Canal crisis occurred
Family moved to Hong Kong and Zanzibar
Sent to boarding school in England
1966
First stage play produced, "When Did You Last See My Mother?" at Royal Court Theatre in London
1967
Moved to Hamburg, Germany and worked as a dramturg at Schauspielhaus
1967
First American production, "When Did You Last See My Mother?" off-off-Broadway
1968
Resident dramatist at Royal Court Theatre in London
1968
Penned "Total Eclipse," about the relationship between Rimbaud and Verlaine
1972
Broadway debut as playwright, "The Philanthropist"
1973
First film as screenwriter, "A Doll's House," based on Ibsen play
1976
Wrote the play "Treats"
1982
Penned "Tales From Hollywood," about the German expatriate community in Southern California in the late 1930s, early 1940s
1983
Adapted the Graham Greene novel "The Honorary Consul" to the screen as "Beyond the Limit"
1985
Breakthrough stage work, "Les Liaisons Dangereuse," based on the epistolary novel by Choderlos de Laclos
1988
Wrote screenplay version of "Dangerous Liaisons" adapted from his play; won Oscar
1991
Last play (to date) the autobiographical "White Chameleon"
1992
Wrote British TV adaptation of "Tales From Hollywood" starring Jeremy Irons and Alec Guinness
1993
Collaborated with Don Black on the book and lyrics for the stage musical, "Sunset Boulevard" (moved to Broadway in 1995)
1995
Feature directorial debut, "Carrington"; also wrote script
1995
Adapted play as feature "Total Eclipse"
1996
Translated Yasmina Reza's three-character play "Art"
1996
Wrote screenplay adaptation of "Mary Reilly"
1996
Wrote the screenplay for "The Secret Agent"
2001
Translated Yasmina Reza's play "Life x 3" into English; performed at the Royal National Theatre
2001
Collaborated with composer Frank Wildhorn and lyricist Don Black on a musical version of "Dracula"
2002
Penned the screenplay for "The Quiet American"
2003
Wrote and directed "Imagining Argentina" set during the Dirty War in the 1970s Buenos Aires
2007
Adapted the novel, "Atonement" for the big screen, which starred James McAvoy and Keira Knightley; earned Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay
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