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(1926-2016) Playwright. Peter Shaffer was born in Liverpool, England, and died in County Cork, Ireland. Mr. Shaffer moved to New York in the 1950s and worked for a time at the New York Public Library.

Full Name

Peter Shaffer

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


Unknown

RESIDENCE

Mr. Shaffer lived in Manhattan, New York, for more than 40 years.

1926

BIRTH

Peter Levin Shaffer was born in Liverpool, England, on May 15, 1926.

1952

LITWORK

How Doth the Little Crocodile?
Evans Brothers Ltd.

Mystery novel written with his brother, Anthony Shaffer, under the joint pseudonym Peter Anthony.

1954

LITWORK

The Salt Land


Play, presented on the BBC in 1954.

1958

LITWORK

Five Finger Exercise
Harcourt Brace & Company
1125931345 / 978-1125931349
Drama.

1962

LITWORK

The Private Ear and The Public Eye
Hamish Hamilton

Two one-act comedies.

1967

LITWORK

Black Comedy and White Lies
Stein & Day Publishers
0812810279 / 978-0812810271
Two one-act comedies.

1974

LITWORK

Equus
Atheneum

Drama. The play opened on Broadway in October 1974 and ran for nearly three years. It won Tonys for best play and best director.

1981

LITWORK

Amadeus
Harper & Row
0060140321 / 978-0060140328
Drama. The play opened on Broadway in 1980 and ran for three years, winning five Tonys.

1985

LITWORK

Yonadab
Harpercollins
0060390603 / 978-0060390600
Play.

1990

LITWORK

Lettice and Lovage
Harper & Row
0060390980 / 978-0060390983
Play.

2016

DEATH

Peter Shaffer died in County Cork, Ireland, on June 6, 2016

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