JEAN-CLAUDE CARRIEREHe is one of France's most renowned contemporarywriters and has received the Prix Goncourt for his novel,La Controverse de Valladolid (1992).His extensive theatrical credits include adapting TheMahabharata for Peter Brook and Proof for DavidAuburn.He wrote the screenplays for The Unbearable Lightnessof Being, The Tin Drum, Cyrano de Bergerac, and manyothers for directors Jacques Tati, Jean-Luc Godard, MilosForman and Luis Bunuel...The Little Black Book was first produced in France asL'Aide-Memoire where it received great critical andpublic acclaim.

'I love Jean-Claude Carriere's plays, to start with they merely catch your attention, but then they seduce you with their special quality, seldom found in theatre, an exhilaration of the imagination.' JEAN-PAUL LUCET, THEATRE MAGAZINE"A fine French vignette" Daily Mail"An adorable portrayal of the gameplay of lone lovers, thrillingly chasing each other in circles."WhatsOnStage