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Peter Shaffer (1926–2016)
Educated St Paul's School & Trinity College, Cambridge. Worked in Aquisitions Dept. of New York Public Library and for music publisher Boosey & Hawkes before finding fame as playwright.
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Born:in Liverpool, England, UKDied:(age 90) in County Cork, Ireland |
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Writer (26 credits)
Writer (26 credits)
1998
Midsomer Murders
(TV Series) (extracts from "Amadeus" by - 1 episode)
- Death of a Hollow Man
(1998)
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Miscellaneous Crew (1 credit)
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Self (11 credits)
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Archive footage (2 credits)
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Stage: Wrote "Equus," performed in the National Theatre production at the Old Vic Theatre in London, England, with Alec McCowen, Peter Firth, Alan MacNaughtan, Nicholas Clay, Gillian Barge and Jeanne Watts in the cast. John Dexter was director. See more »Alternate Names:
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[on using LSD] It was a transporting experience, expressed in very concrete images, places and periods. It involved both generic pictures [from China and the Congo] and more strictly autobiographical ones (a book-laden boy in perhaps 1850 walking to Hebrew School through a labyrinth of alleys, perhaps in Kiev). I have never forgotten it or moved far from the sense of wonder it provided and a ... See more »Trivia:
He was award Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 2001 New Year's Honours List for his services to drama. See more »Star Sign:
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