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 visit to ...

Peter L. Shaffer, 59, of Allentown, passed away peacefully at home in the arms of his loving family on Tuesday, August 31, 2010. He was the husband of Sylvia A. (Calaman) Shaffer, and they celebrated ...

One of the highlights of many seasons occurred last night, the opening night of Peter Shaffer's compassionate and challenging "Equus" at the tiny Blackbird Theatre in Ann Arbor. Making her directorial ...

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It’s not hard to see why Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus (first produced in 1979) continues to hold such fascination for theatermakers and audiences. First, it’s a play about artists and their rivalries, and ...

Peter Shaffer was an English playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He wrote numerous award-winning plays, most notably Equus and Amadeus, of which several were adapted into films.

Revisiting Peter Shaffer’s 1979 play Amadeus is no small feat. Joe Barton, the writer behind Netflix’s Black Doves, has taken on the challenge of reworking Shaffer’s dense account of Mozart’s life and ...

There is a moment in "Amadeus," Peter Shaffer's drama about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, that is simultaneously wrenching and enchanting. That is when Antonio Salieri, Mozart's less-talented rival ...

Peter Shaffer's Equus is an incredibly challenging play in which sex, religion, morality, family, society, psychology and the law collide with dramatic fury. The playwright imbues his work with a ...