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  1. Sir Peter Levin Shaffer CBE (15 May 1926 – 6 June 2016) was an English playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He wrote numerous award-winning plays, of which several were adapted into films.

  2. Jun 6, 2016 · 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 on Monday in ...

  3. Jun 6, 2016 · Peter Shaffer, a Tony and Oscar winner whose works included Equus and Amadeus, died on June 6 at the age of 90. His death was confirmed to the Associated Press by his...

  4. Amadeus is a play by Peter Shaffer which gives a fictional account of the lives of composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri, imagining a rivalry between the two at the court of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Equus_(play)Equus (play) - Wikipedia

    Equus is a 1973 play by Peter Shaffer, about a child psychiatrist who attempts to treat a young man who has a pathological religious fascination with horses. Shaffer was inspired to write Equus when he heard of a crime involving a 17-year-old boy who blinded six horses in a small town in northern England.

  6. May 11, 2024 · Sir Peter Shaffer (born May 15, 1926, Liverpool, England—died June 6, 2016, Curraheen, County Cork, Ireland) was a British playwright of considerable range who moved easily from farce to the portrayal of human anguish.

  7. www.imdb.com › name › nm0787323Peter Shaffer - IMDb

    Peter Shaffer was born on 15 May 1926 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Amadeus (1984), Equus (1977) and The Public Eye (1972). He died on 6 June 2016 in County Cork, Ireland.

  8. Jun 6, 2016 · Sir Peter Shaffer, the English playwright and screenwriter who scored an Oscar for Amadeus and a nomination for Equus, died today in a hospice in County Cork, Ireland. He was 90.

  9. Jun 6, 2016 · LONDON — British playwright and screenwriter Peter Shaffer, who won an Oscar for “Amadeus,” has died at the age of 90. Shaffer’s U.K. agent Rupert Lord said Shaffer died Monday in Ireland ...

  10. Jun 6, 2016 · Peter Shaffer, the Oscar-winning playwright whose work included the award-winning drams “Amadeus” and “Equus,” died Monday, the Associated Press reported. He was 90.

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