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LONDON (AP) — British playwright Peter Shaffer, whose durable, award-winning hits included "Equus" and "Amadeus," has died. He was 90. Shaffer's agent, Rupert Lord, said the playwright died Monday ...

Peter Shaffer was inspired to write Equus by a headline in a local newspaper. A teenage boy had blinded six horses. That was all he knew – and he set out to imagine why such a shocking act might have ...

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LONDON — British playwright and screenwriter Peter Shaffer, who won an Oscar for “Amadeus,” has died at the age of 90. Shaffer’s U.K. agent Rupert Lord said Shaffer died Monday in Ireland after a ...

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Playwright Sir Peter Shaffer has died at the age of 90, after a short illness, his agent has said. The writer of Equus and Amadeus died on Monday morning at the Marymount Hospice in Ireland, with his ...