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 ...

Theatre director and actor Sukrit Mahajan first encountered English playwright Peter Shaffer's Tony Award-winning play Equus ...

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 ...

The obituaries for Peter Shaffer, who died earlier this month at the age of 90 and for whom Broadway is dimming its lights Thursday, were respectful but not effusive. The respect makes sense, since he ...

Peter Shaffer, a British playwright who plumbed the recesses of the human psyche in Tony- and Academy Award-winning works, most prominently in the drama “Equus” and the Mozartean period piece “Amadeus ...

More than half a century since it first appeared on stage, Peter Shaffer’s Equus continues to stand as one of the theatre’s ...

British playwright Peter Shaffer, who wrote the plays "Equus" and "Amadeus," has died in Ireland. He was 90 years old. Shaffer was known for complex psychological portraits and for his love of music.

For much of his long career, Shaffer achieved the often-elusive goal of combining commercial and critical success. By The Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Playwright Peter Shaffer, whose durable, ...