Peter Shaffer's Amadeus

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Peter Shaffer: Peter Shaffer's Amadeus (1984, New American Library)

156 pages

English language

Published Jan. 27, 1984 by New American Library.

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0riginating at the National Theatre of Great Britain, Amadeus was the recipient of both the Evening Standard Drama Award and the Theatre Critics Award. In the United States, the play won the coveted Tony Award and went on to become a critically acclaimed major motion picture winning eight Oscars, including Best Picture. Now, this extraordinary work about the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is available with a new preface by Peter Shaffer and a new introduction by the director of the 1998 Broadway revival, Sir Peter Hall. Amadeus is a must-have for classical music buffs, theatre lovers, and aficionados of historical fiction. - Back cover.

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Subjects

  • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, -- 1756-1791 -- Drama
  • Salieri, Antonio, -- 1750-1825 -- Drama