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4 unusual facts about Peter Shaffer


Lettice and Lovage

Lettice and Lovage is a comedic play by Peter Shaffer, author of Equus and Amadeus.

Peter Shaffer describes Lettice and Lovage as a "very English piece" as far as its humor and references.

National Players

After 63 consecutive seasons of touring, this acting company has given approximately 6,600 performances and workshops on plays by Shakespeare, O'Neill, Molière, Shaw, Kafka, Sophocles, Aeschylus, Aristophanes, Stoppard and Peter Shaffer.

Withered Murder

Withered Murder is the second of the collaborations of Anthony and Peter Shaffer.


Joseph Horovitz

His works include 16 ballets, including Alice in Wonderland (1953), 2 one-act operas (The Dumb Wife, libretto Peter Shaffer; Gentlemen’s Island, libretto Gordon Snell), and concertos for violin, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, euphonium, tuba and percussion, as well as a popular and often performed jazz concerto for harpsichord or piano.

Mel Gussow

In 2008, Gussow was inducted posthumously into the American Theater Hall of Fame at the same time as actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein, the actors John Cullum, Lois Smith and Dana Ivey, the director Jack O'Brien, the playwright Peter Shaffer, and the librettist Joseph Stein.

Rosé Quartet

Baroness Lemburg in The White Liars by Peter Shaffer claims that her father played with the "The Rosé String Quartet" and knew them intimately.


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