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Sir Peter Levin Shaffer CBE (15 May 1926 – 6 June 2016) was an English playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He is best known for the plays Equus and Amadeus, the latter of which was adapted for the screen by Miloš Forman, with a screenplay by Shaffer, for which he won an Academy Award.
Sir Peter Shaffer (born May 15, 1926, Liverpool, England—died June 6, 2016, Curraheen, County Cork, Ireland) was a British playwright of considerable range who moved easily from farce to the portrayal of human anguish.
In the 1970s Peter Shaffer wrote three major plays: Equus (1973); Shrivings (1974); and Amadeus (1980). Equus tells the disturbing story of a 17-year old stable boy, and Amadeus is the story of Mozart and court composer, Salieri.
Peter Shaffer. Peter Shaffer, a renowned English playwright, was born in Liverpool, England on May 15th, 1926. He studied history on a scholarship at Trinity College, University of Cambridge.
Amadeus is a play by Peter Shaffer which gives a fictional account of the lives of composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri, imagining a rivalry between the two at the court of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
Jun 6, 2016 · Peter Shaffer, a leading British playwright whose Tony-winning dramas “Equus” and “Amadeus” explored the male psyche through the entwined anguish of dual protagonists, died on Monday in ...
May 14, 2018 · Peter Levin Shaffer. Peter Levin Shaffer (born 1926) became one of England's most popular and respected playwrights; his work was equally successful in the United States, where he chose to live.
