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Anthony Joshua Shaffer (15 May 1926 – 6 November 2001) was an English playwright, screenwriter, novelist, barrister, and advertising executive. He is best remembered for his Tony Award winning play Sleuth , and its acclaimed 1972 film adaptation .
Anthony Shaffer was born on 15 May 1926 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Sleuth (1972), Frenzy (1972) and The Wicker Man (1973). He was married to Diane Cilento and Carolyn Soley. He died on 6 November 2001 in London, England, UK.
Nov 12, 2001 · Anthony Shaffer, the British playwright whose jokey but chilling thriller ''Sleuth'' ran for more than 2,300 performances in London's West End and more than 2,000 on Broadway, died in London on...
Anthony Shaffer, the playwright who won a 1971 Tony Award for his delicious theatrical thriller, Sleuth, died of a heart attack in London Nov. 6. Mr. Shaffer, whose health had been declining...
Anthony Shaffer was born on May 15, 1926 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Sleuth (1972), Frenzy (1972) and The Wicker Man (1973). He was married to Diane Cilento and Carolyn Soley. He died on November 6, 2001 in London, England, UK.
Nov 7, 2001 · ANTHONY SHAFFER, the playwright, novelist and screen-writer who has died aged 75, revolutionised the style and content of the British stage thriller with the subtly satirical and highly...
Dec 6, 2023 · How a sly Jewish playwright wrote ‘the Citizen Kane of horror movies’. Despite unassuming beginnings, Anthony Shaffer’s ‘Wicker Man’ has become a cult film of gargantuan proportions....
