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Sir Peter Shaffer

Writer
15 May 1926 to 6 June 2016

A British playwright known for penning the classic plays Black Comedy, The Royal Hunt of the Sun, Equus and Amadeus, Shaffer’s works were frequently the subject of screen adaptations. He received BAFTA and Oscar nominations for the screenplays of Equus (1977) and Amadeus (1984), winning an Oscar for the latter. 

Read Sir Peter Shaffer's Guardian obituary here