Peter Shaffer

Peter Shaffer

Sir Peter Levin Shaffer (born 15 May 1926) is an English playwright and screenwriter of numerous award-winning plays, several of which have been filmed.

Read more about Peter Shaffer:  Early Life, Theatrical Career, Screen Adaptations, Personal Life, Awards, Honours, Selected Works

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    No philosopher understands his predecessors until he has re-thought their thought in his own contemporary terms.
    —Sir Peter Frederick Strawson (b. 1919)

    Watching Italian opera, all those male sopranos screeching, stupid fat couples rolling their eyes about. That’s not love, it’s just rubbish.
    —Peter Shaffer (b. 1926)