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Anthony Shaffer

ANTHONY SHAFFER

  (1926 - 2001)
Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    Macnaughton Lord Representation (Theatrical and Literary Agents)  estate

Anthony Joshua Shaffer (15 May 1926  6 November 2001) was an English playwright, screenwriter, novelist, barrister and advertising executive.

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below is a list of Anthony Shaffer's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Case of the Oily Levantine, The         Murderer         Sleuth         Thing In the Wheelchair, The         This Savage Parade         Whodunnit         Widow's Weeds, Or, for Years I Couldn't Wear My Black

Case of the Oily Levantine, The

Synopsis:
satire of Agatha Christie play of the 1930's, six strangers but whodunit?

Notes:
aka Whodunnit

1st Produced:
Guildford, Surrey    1977

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1983   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy Thriller Thriller

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Murderer

Murderer
Norman apparently murders his girlfriend, Millie, and is in the process of disposing of the body when he is interrupted by the police, but is Millie dead?

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1st Produced:
Brighton    1975

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Boyars, London, 1979   978-0714525457

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Sleuth

Sleuth
Study of sexual conflict between an elder and younger man.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
St Martin's, London    1970

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Dodd Mead, New York, 1970   978-0714507637

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Thing In the Wheelchair, The

Synopsis:
Shaffer: "It's a rather cold-hearted meloDrama, written in the style of Patrick Hamilton, who wrote Gaslight. It's called the Thing in the Wheelchair. That gives you an idea of how cold-hearted it is."

Notes:
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1st Produced:
The Karnak Playhouse, North Queensland, Australia    18 May 2001

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1st Published:
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Genre:
MeloDrama

Parts:
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This Savage Parade

This Savage Parade
1962 a kangaroo court in Tel Aviv shortly after the Fichmann trial, did the accused commit the crimes and do his accusers have the right to try him?

Notes:
aka This Savage Parade

1st Produced:
London    1963

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Amber Lane Press, Oxford, 1988   978-0906399873

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Whodunnit

Whodunnit
Six strangers and a butler have gathered for a black tie dinner in a wealthy lawyer's mansion during a thunderstorm. the guests include an aged rear admiral, a bitchy aristocrat, a doddering old archeologist, a dashing young cad and other Christie types. One of the guests is an oily Levantine who tells the others (each in private) that he has the goods to blackmail them. He is ripe for murder and so it happens

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Genre:
Mystery/Comedy

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Widow's Weeds, Or, for Years I Couldn't Wear My Black

Widow's Weeds, Or, for Years I Couldn't Wear My Black
when nice Mrs Collier and her two horrendous children are chosen to star in a shampoo commercial, its not just the dandruff that has to go

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Brisbane, Queensland    1977

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York   978-0573690808

Music:
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Genre:
Comic thriller

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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