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Name: Amadeus
Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Author: Peter Shaffer

Peter Shaffer’s play Amadeus, first staged at the National Theatre in London, charts the complex relationship between Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri. The work earned England’s Evening Standard Drama Award and the Theatre Critics Award, and in the United States it received a Tony Award and inspired an Oscar‑winning film adaptation. The new edition features a preface by Shaffer and an introduction by Sir Peter Hall, the director of the 1998 Broadway revival. Amadeus is a compelling blend of musical history and dramatic insight suitable for theater enthusiasts, classical music lovers, and fans of biographical drama.

First publish date: 1980

Genre: Drama & Plays/Historical Drama

Authors: Peter Shaffer

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