Peter Shaffer

Sir Peter Levin Shaffer CBE (15 May 1926 – 6 June 2016) was an English playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He wrote numerous award-winning plays, of which several were adapted into films.

Sir

Peter Shaffer

Shaffer in 1966
Born
Peter Levin Shaffer

(1926-05-15)15 May 1926
Liverpool, England
Died6 June 2016(2016-06-06) (aged 90)
County Cork, Ireland
Resting placeHighgate Cemetery
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
Occupations
  • Playwright
  • screenwriter
  • novelist
PartnerRobert Leonard (died 1990)
RelativesAnthony Shaffer (brother)
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