Peter Shaffer

Sir
Peter Shaffer
Shaffer in 1966
Born
Peter Levin Shaffer

(1926-05-15)15 May 1926
Liverpool, England
Died6 June 2016(2016-06-06) (aged 90)
County Cork, Ireland
Resting placeHighgate Cemetery
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
Occupations
  • Playwright
  • screenwriter
  • novelist
PartnerRobert Leonard (died 1990)
RelativesAnthony Shaffer (brother)
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Sir Peter Levin Shaffer CBE (15 May 1926 – 6 June 2016) was an English playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He is best known for the plays Equus and Amadeus, the latter of which was adapted for the screen by Miloš Forman, with a screenplay by Shaffer, for which he won an Academy Award.