Peter Shaffer (1926–2016)
Forfatter af Equus
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Peter Levin Shaffer was born in Liverpool, England on May 15, 1926. He received a degree in history from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1950. He wrote a mystery novel entitled How Doth the Little Crocodile? with his fraternal twin Anthony Shaffer. It was published under the joint pseudonym Peter vis mere Anthony as were several more mystery novels. Peter Shaffer's first play, The Salt Land, was produced on television by the BBC in 1954. His first Broadway play Five Finger Exercise opened in 1959 and was adapted into a movie. His other Broadway plays included The Private Ear, The Public Eye, Black Comedy, White Lies, and Lettice and Lovage. His plays Equus and Amadeus both won Tony awards and were adapted into movies. He won an Academy Award for his film adaptation of Amadeus. His play The Royal Hunt of the Sun was also adapted into a movie. He was knighted in 2001. He died on June 6, 2016 at the age of 90. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
Værker af Peter Shaffer
Black Comedy Including White Lies: Two Plays 2 eksemplarer
Amadeus [theatre programme] 1 eksemplar
Το βασιλικό κυνήγι του Ήλιου 1 eksemplar
Five Finger Exercise. Peter Shaffer. The Kitchen. Arnold Wesker. The Hamlet Of Stepney Green. Bernard Kops (1968) 1 eksemplar
Amadeus / Black comedy 1 eksemplar
Penguin Plays Amadeus 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Twenty One-Act Plays: An Anthology for Amateur Performing Groups (1978) — Bidragyder — 36 eksemplarer
Monologues Women: 50 Speeches from the Contemporary Theatre (v. 1) (1976) — Bidragyder — 30 eksemplarer
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- Kanonisk navn
- Shaffer, Peter
- Juridisk navn
- Shaffer, Peter Levin
- Andre navne
- Shaffer, Sir Peter Levin
Anthony, Peter [nom de plume for books co-authored with his brother, Anthony Shaffer] - Fødselsdato
- 1926-05-15
- Dødsdag
- 2016-06-06
- Begravelsessted
- Highgate Cemetery, London, England, UK
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Fødested
- Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK
- Dødssted
- Curraheen, County Cork, Ireland
- Bopæl
- London, England, UK
Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK - Uddannelse
- St Paul's School, London, England, UK
University of Cambridge (Trinity College|BA|1950) - Erhverv
- playwright
- Relationer
- Shaffer, Anthony (brother)
Leonard, Robert (partner) - Organisationer
- Garrick Club, London, England, UK
Dramatists Guild - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Commander of the British Empire (1987)
Knight Bachelor (2001)
William Inge Award for Distinguished Achievement in the American Theater (1992)
American Theater Hall of Fame (2007)
Fellow, Royal Society of Literature (1978)
Evening Standard Drama Award (1958) (vis alle 16)
New York Drama Critics Circle Award (1960)
Antoinette Perry Award (Tony) for Best Play (1975)
Outer Critics Circle Award (1975)
New York Drama Critics Circle Award (1975)
Tony Award (1981)
New York Film Critics Circle Award (1984)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award (1984)
Oscar Award (1984)
Evening Standard Drama Award for Best Comedy (1988)
Hamburg Shakespeare Prize (1989) - Agent
- Macnaughton Lord Representation
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What a fun reimagining! Maybe it's because I also watched the recent Australian Story with TwoSet that I very much enjoyed the way this brought classical music to life, infusing it with evergreen themes of jealousy and beauty and identity. Sometimes I feel like people demand a lot from historical fiction, to be accurate to the absolute minutiae whilst being entertaining. However this play was just so fun that Shaffer can get away with his wild central premise. It did take me a while to get into the written play but perhaps the best tribute to the play I can give is that immediately after to reading it, I went on a rabbit-hole binge of Wikipedia articles on everything and everyone related to this work.… (mere)
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The biggest difference between film and play is the framing device. The film is told as a flashback from Salieri's time in a mental hospital, immediately following his suicide attempt; the framing for the play is set immediately before. Also the stage Salieri talks much more to the audience, and is attended by the Venticelli, two characters who seem to dance in and out of the margins between Salieri's imagination and the real world. And I think the idea that The Magic Flute critically annoyed the Masons is soft-pedalled in the film. It's a gripping script, though I think challenging and expensive to perform.… (mere)
The biggest difference between film and play is the framing device. The film is told as a flashback from Salieri's time in a mental hospital, immediately following his suicide attempt; the framing for the play is set immediately before. Also the stage Salieri talks much more to the audience, and is attended by the Venticelli, two characters who seem to dance in and out of the margins between Salieri's imagination and the real world. And I think the idea that The Magic Flute critically annoyed the Masons is soft-pedalled in the film. It's a gripping script, though I think challenging and expensive to perform.… (mere)
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