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Nov 7, 2001 · Keith Baxter and Anthony Quayle in Sleuth. Anthony Shaffer, the playwright who won a 1971 Tony Award for his delicious theatrical thriller, Sleuth, died of a heart attack in London Nov. 6. Mr ...
Anthony Shaffer has 15 books on Goodreads with 4997 ratings. Anthony Shaffer’s most popular book is The Wicker Man.
A manor house in Wiltshire, England, on a summer evening. Sleuth is a 1970 play written by Anthony Shaffer. The Broadway production received the Tony Award for Best Play, and Anthony Quayle and Keith Baxter received the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance. The play was adapted for feature films in 1972, 2007 and 2014 .
Dec 6, 2023 · Along with his twin brother, the even more famous playwright Sir Peter Shaffer (Equus, Amadeus), Anthony Shaffer was born to a middle-class Jewish family in Liverpool, England in 1926.Shaffer’s ...
While Peter decided to become a writer, Anthony became a barrister, a profession that stimulated his interest in murder mystery. ... In 1995 Anthony Shaffer surfaced in an article in Sight and ...
15 books17 followers. This profile is for the British playwright. For the American military officer, see Anthony Shaffer. Anthony Shaffer is best-known as the author of the mystery-thriller play Sleuth, in addition to other plays and screenplays involving crime and mystery themes. His identical twin brother, Peter Shaffer, was also a playwright.
Peter Shaffer (brother) Anthony Joshua Shaffer (15 May 1926 – 6 November 2001 [1]) was an English playwright, screenwriter, novelist, barrister, and advertising executive. He is best remembered for his Tony Award winning play Sleuth, and its acclaimed 1972 film adaptation .
