Peter Shaffer /
The career of British dramatist Peter Shaffer has been filled with anomalies. This foremost of contemporary playwrights began his writing career crafting solid but unexceptional mystery novels. Yet very soon he launched a life of writing spectacular, theatrical pieces. This book examines the develop...
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New York :
St. Martin's Press,
1992.
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| Series: | Modern dramatists.
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Table of Contents:
- Peter Shaffer and his early career: The novels and broadcast plays
- Launching a theatre career: Five finger exercise
- Four one-act comedies and Shrivings
- Widening the creative lens: The royal hunt of the sun
- Equus and the mature Shaffer
- Amadeus: Shaffer's supreme achievement
- Yonadab: Variations on a favourite theme
- Lettice & Lovage: New comedy for a new age
- Speculations
- present and future.