The Collected Plays of Peter Shaffer

by Peter Shaffer

Collected plays of Peter Shaffer

Genres: Plays, Drama, British Literature, Theatre

558 pages, Hardcover

First published December 12, 1988

About the author

Sir Peter Levin Shaffer was an English dramatist, author of numerous award-winning plays, several of which have been filmed.

See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sh...

Reviews

[scherzo♫ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Admittedly not all of the plays are excellent, but the good ones are so very, very good that this has to be 5 stars.

Plays in this book semi-ordered by my appreciation (highest on top):
- Equus
- Amadeus
- Five Finger Exercise
- White Liars
* Preface
- The Royal Hunt of the Sun (some sock-puppetry but many great lines)
- Shrivings
- The Public Eye
- The Private Ear
- Black Comedy (a farce which probably works better seen than read)

[Ian · Rating 4 out of 5]

This time, I just read 'Five Finger Exercise.' It was fine. A little obvious. But fine. The rating would be just three stars if it didn't share a spine with 'Amadeus,' 'Equus,' and 'Black Comedy.'