Born on this day – Peter Shaffer:

Writer

May 15, 1926 – June 6, 2016

Credits:

Written works for plays and radio:

Amadeus (1979); Balance of Terror (1957); Black Comedy (1965); Black Mischief (1983); Equus (1973); Five Finger Exercise (1958); How Doth the Little Crocodile? (1952); Lettice and Lovage (1987); The Battle of Shrivings (1970); The Establishment (1963); The Gift of the Gorgon; The Merry Roosters' Panto (1963); The Private Ear (1962); The Prodigal Father (1957); The Public Eye (1962); The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1958); The Salt Land (1955); The White Liars (1967); The Woman in the Wardrobe (1951); Whom Do I Have the Honour of Addressing? (1990); Withered Murder (1955); Yonadab (1985).

Movies and television:

Amadeus (1984); Amadeus (2009); Amadeus (2018); Aquarius (1970); Arena (1976–2013); Balance of Terror (1957); BBC 3 (1965); BBC Play of the Month (1970); Black Comedy (1976); Bookmark (1988); Equus (1977); Equus (2008); Estudio 3 (1964); Fifty Years on Stage (2013); Five Finger Exercise (1962); Fog City Mavericks (2007); Great Composers (1997); I askisi pente daktylon / Five Finger Exercise (1978); ITV Play of the Week (1955); Ki megy a nõ után (1973); Mavri komodia / Black Comedy (1995); Midsomer Murders (1998); National Theatre Live: Amadeus (2017); Noche de teatro (1974); O Fusível (1997); O Poder da Górgone (1999); Reputations (1998–2002); Review (1970); Sleuth: A Sleuthian Journey with Anthony Shaffer (2002); Studio One (1958); Television Theater (1997); Terror in der Waage (1960); The 35th Annual Tony Awards (1981); The 57th Annual Academy Awards (1985); The Eighties (1971); The Evening Standard Drama Awards (1988); The Making of 'Amadeus' (2002); The Pad (and How to Use It) (1966); The Private Ear (1967); The Public Eye (1972); The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969); The Wicker Man (1973); The Young Set (1965); This Is Your Life (1992); To theatro tis Defteras (1970); To theatro tis Tetartis (1984); Working in the Theatre (1981).

On this day in movie history - Amadeus (1984)

Amadeus

directed by Miloš Forman,

written by Peter Shaffer, and based on the play by Peter Shaffer,

was released in the United States on September 19, 1984.

Music credits:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mark Adler, Laszlo Heltay, Ling Ling Li, Zdenek Mahler, Neville Marriner, John McCarthy, Simon Preston, Robert Randles, John Strauss, Jonas Thaler and Marc Grauwels.

Cast:

F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice, Simon Callow, Christine Ebersole, Jeffrey Jones, Charles Kay, Kenneth McMillan, Kenny Baker, Lisabeth Bartlett, Barbara Bryne, Martin Cavani, Roderick Cook, Milan Demjanenko, Peter DiGesu, Michele Esposito, Richard Frank, Patrick Hines, Nicholas Kepros, Philip Lenkowsky, Herman Meckler, Jonathan Moore, Cynthia Nixon, Brian Pettifer, Vincent Schiavelli, Douglas Seale, Miroslav Sekera, Cassie Stuart, John Strauss, Karl-Heinz Teuber, Rita Zohar.