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  2. Anthony Joshua Shaffer (15 May 1926 – 6 November 2001) 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 .

  3. Dec 6, 2023 · How a sly Jewish playwright wrote ‘the Citizen Kane of horror movies’. Despite unassuming beginnings, Anthony Shaffer’s ‘Wicker Man’ has become a cult film of gargantuan proportions ...

  4. Nov 12, 2001 · Anthony Shaffer, the British playwright whose jokey but chilling thriller ''Sleuth'' ran for more than 2,300 performances in London's West End and more than 2,000 on Broadway, died in London on...

  5. Nov 6, 2001 · 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. ...more.

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  6. Anthony Shaffer. Writer: Sleuth. Anthony Shaffer was born on 15 May 1926 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Sleuth (1972), Frenzy (1972) and The Wicker Man (1973). He was married to Diane Cilento and Carolyn Soley. He died on 6 November 2001 in London, England, UK.

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    • May 15, 1926
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  7. Anthony Shaffer has 15 books on Goodreads with 4997 ratings. Anthony Shaffers most popular book is The Wicker Man.

  8. 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.

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