Christopher Frederick Templeton (born 13 December 1960) is a Scottish/Hungarian

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whose

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and

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highlighted

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abuses in

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during the

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of the 1990s.

Early life

Templeton was born in

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, the son of the

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playwright and screenwriter, William Templeton. He graduated from the

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in 1985, and his first writing work was for

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Career

Templeton scripted and directed several productions for the

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's ''Play of the Week'' series, which broadcast new and politically charged plays. Templeton directed ''Play of the Week'''s production of Ad de Bont's ''Mirad, A Boy from Bosnia'', which was well-received by Sue Gaisford of ''

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'', who described the production as ''".''..almost unbearably moving''".'' While ''Mirad'' amplified the human cost of the

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, a later production, ''Rupa Lucian, Child of Romania'' exposed the atrocities of the ‘Securitatae’, Romania’s secret police.

References

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