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Photo of Barnes by Denis Thorpe. Peter Barnes (10 January 1931 – 1 July 2004) was an English Olivier Award-winning playwright and screenwriter. His best known work is the play The Ruling Class, which was made into a 1972 film for which Peter O'Toole received an Oscar nomination.
Feb 10, 2021 · Peter Barnes was one of our sharpest playwrights. So why don’t we see his work? After decades of unjust neglect, the writer of such dazzling satires as The Ruling Class is getting a small...
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Peter Barnes: the Playwright who Laughed at Death The death on 1 July 2004 of the playwright Peter Barnes robbed the British theatre of one of its most individual and richly imaginative yet shamefully neglected writers. Although his best known work for the theatre – which included The Ruling Classes,
Peter Barnes, the British playwright who penned The Ruling Class and Red Noses , embracing slapstick, surprise and hectic comedy, died of a heart attack July 1, The New York Times...
Peter Barnes was an Olivier Award-winning playwright and screenwriter. Barnes achieved critical acclaim and box-office success with his baroque comedy, The Ruling Class , in 1968. He later adapted his play into a 1972 film which garnered Peter O’Toole an Oscar nomination before becoming a cult classic.
Jan 27, 2015 · Peter Barnes, playwright. Photograph: Denis Thorpe for the Guardian. Peter Barnes (1931-2004) first came to attention with The Ruling Class in 1968 and this play, which now posts his name...
Overview. Peter Barnes. (1931—2004) playwright and screenwriter. Quick Reference. (1931–2004) Playwright, born in east London, educated at Stroud Grammar School. His first real success came with The Ruling Class (1969), a bizarre farce exploring the mechanics of power, but ... From: Barnes, Peter in The Oxford Companion to English Literature »
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