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Jul 17, 2024 · As Rasmus analyses, there was always an extra textual element to Sleuth (1972), based on Anthony Shaffer’s two-hander that explores class antagonisms, through the upstart working-class Caine testing his acting mettle against the patrician authority of Laurence Olivier.
Jul 20, 2024 · Based on the renowned play by Anthony Shaffer, this mystery finds Andrew Wyke (Laurence Olivier), a wealthy author of detective novels and game aficionado, facing off against his wife's lover, Milo Tindle (Michael Caine), a middle-class hair salon-owner.
Jul 1, 2024 · Anthony Shaffer was born in Liverpool in 1926. His identical twin, Peter, was also a writer and playwright. As well as 'Sleuth', Anthony Shaffer wrote the screenplays for 'The Wicker Man' (1973) and 'Evil Under the Sun' (1982).
Jul 3, 2024 · Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. He was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels but he is remembered predominantly for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898).
5 days ago · Pinter's last filmed screenplay was an adaptation of the 1970 Tony Award-winning play Sleuth, by Anthony Shaffer, which was commissioned by Jude Law, one of the film's producers. It is the basis for the 2007 film Sleuth , directed by Kenneth Branagh .
6 days ago · Over twenty-four years in the military, Tony Shaffer worked a series of active duty secret ops and task force assignments, alternating between roles as an intelligence officer with the Pentagon’s J2 Directorate and as a clandestine operative with the J3.
Jul 11, 2024 · Sleuth is a 1970 play written by Anthony Shaffer. The Broadway production received the Tony Award for Best Play, and Anthony Quayle and Keith Baxter received the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance. The play was adapted for feature films in 1972, 2007 and 2014.
