I first interviewed Peter Shaffer in 1990 when he was about to open his play “Lettice and Lovage,” starring a delightfully daffy Maggie Smith, on Broadway. I’d been a fan of Shaffer’s plays ever since ...
As is well-known, Shaffer was provoked into writing the play after hearing about the horrifying case of a 17-year-old boy who blinded six horses in a county town in Suffolk. For his fictional version, ...
EQUUS is a Tony Award-winning play about suppressed sexuality that took critics and audiences by storm. A timeless classic and a cornerstone of modern drama that delves into the darkest recesses of ...
LONDON (AP) — Playwright Peter Shaffer, whose durable, award-winning hits included “Equus” and “Amadeus,” has died at the age of 90. Shaffer’s agent, Rupert Lord, says Shaffer died Monday while on a ...
The obituaries for Peter Shaffer, who died earlier this month at the age of 90 and for whom Broadway is dimming its lights Thursday, were respectful but not effusive. The respect makes sense, since he ...
NEW YORK — 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 Monday in County ...
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