Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Peter Shaffer, Oscar-Winning Playwright of ‘Equus’ and ‘Amadeus,’ Dies at 90 Peter Shaffer, the Oscar-winning playwright whose ...

The award-winning British playwright Sir Peter Shaffer, best known for penning “Amadeus” and “Equus,” died Monday in County Cork, Ireland, of pneumonia and age-related issues, his long-time agent said ...

Why did a teenage boy who literally worships horses commit the unspeakable act of blinding six of them? That is the mystery psychiatrist Martin Dysart must unravel in order to help his disturbed young ...

I first interviewed Peter Shaffer in 1990 when he was about to open his play “Lettice and Lovage,” starring a delightfully daffy Maggie Smith, on Broadway. I’d been a fan of Shaffer’s plays ever since ...

Broadway theater marquees will be dimmed for one minute on Thursday at 6:45 PM to honor the memory of two-time Tony Award winner Peter Shaffer. The Amadeus and Equus playwright died June 6 in County ...

As is well-known, Shaffer was provoked into writing the play after hearing about the horrifying case of a 17-year-old boy who blinded six horses in a county town in Suffolk. For his fictional version, ...

Playing the troubled teen in a school production of Peter Shaffer’s drama resulted in West End roles and then a new career Psychotherapy is about storytelling, about roles that we assume, the veil ...

LONDON British playwright Peter Shaffer, whose durable, award-winning hits included “Equus” and “Amadeus,” has died. He was 90. Shaffer’s agent, Rupert Lord, said the playwright died Monday while on a ...

LONDON, June 6 (UPI) --Peter Shaffer, the critically aclaimed playwright known for his successes in both London and on Broadway, has died at age 90. His greatest successes included Equus, Amadeus and ...

Peter Shaffer, the Academy Award-winning British playwright whose stage dramas “Amadeus” and “Equus” were turned into acclaimed movies, has died. He was 90. Shaffer died early Monday at the Marymount ...