Anthony Shaffer

Anthony Joshua Shaffer (born May 15, 1926 in Liverpool , England , † November 6, 2001 in London , England) was a British playwright and screenwriter .

Life

Anthony Shaffer wrote screenplays for films like Hitchcock's Frenzy and Jon Amiel's Sommersby . He was also a writer of plays , including Revanche (Sleuth) , which was filmed with Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine in the leading roles under the title Murder with small mistakes . In 1971 Shaffer won the Tony Award in the Best Play category for his play Sleuth . His crime comedy has been translated into 14 languages so far.

Revenge at the Nationaltheater Mannheim on the left Buddy Elias as Andrew Wyke - on the right Tom Witkowski as Milo Tindle ^{Photo Mara Eggert}

The Nationaltheater Mannheim performed Shaffer's crime play Sleuth under the title Revanche on January 21, 1973 in a production by Paul Schalich. The two protagonists were Buddy Elias as crime writer Andrew Wyke, and Tom Witkowski in the role of the opponent Milo Tindle.

From 1985 until his death he was married to the actress Diane Cilento for the second time . His first marriage has two children.

His twin brother Peter Shaffer , who died in 2016, was an eminent British playwright.

Awards

In 1971 Shaffer won the Tony Award in the Best Play category for his play Sleuth .

Filmography (selection)

1972: Frenzy
1973: The Wicker Man
1978: Death on the Nile (Death on the Nile)
1978: absolution
1982: Evil Under the Sun (under the Sun Evil)
1987 rendezvous with a body (Appointment with Death)
1993: Sommersby

Web links

Anthony Shaffer in theInternet Movie Database(English)
Full site about Shaffer and his work (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Kurt Heinz: Male duel in an English country house - Paul Schalich staged the Mannheim premiere of Anthony Shaffer's "Revenge" in the National Theater . Ed .: Mannheimer Morgen. Mannheimer Morgen Großdruckerei und Verlag GmbH, Mannheim January 23, 1973, p. 28 Features .
↑ Christa Lantz: murders to be learned ... ... otherwise the corpse "Revenge" takes - Anthony Shaffer's murder mystery at the National Theater Mannheim, . Ed .: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung. Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung GmbH, Heidelberg January 23, 1973, p. Features section .

personal data
SURNAME	Shaffer, Anthony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Shaffer, Anthony Joshua (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British dramaturge and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	May 15, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH	Liverpool , England, UK
DATE OF DEATH	November 6, 2001
Place of death	London , England, UK

[1] Kurt Heinz: Male duel in an English country house - Paul Schalich staged the Mannheim premiere of Anthony Shaffer's "Revenge" in the National Theater . Ed .: Mannheimer Morgen. Mannheimer Morgen Großdruckerei und Verlag GmbH, Mannheim January 23, 1973, p. 28 Features .

[2] Christa Lantz: murders to be learned ... ... otherwise the corpse "Revenge" takes - Anthony Shaffer's murder mystery at the National Theater Mannheim, . Ed .: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung. Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung GmbH, Heidelberg January 23, 1973, p. Features section .