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  1. 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 .

  2. 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...

  3. 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.

  4. Nov 6, 2001 · Anthony Shaffer is best-known as the author of the mystery-thriller play Sleuth, in addition to other plays and screenplays involving crime and mystery themes. His identical twin brother, Peter Shaffer , was also a playwright.

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  5. This profile is for the British playwright. For the American military officer, see Anthony Shaffer. Anthony Shaffer is best-known as the author of the mystery-thriller play Sleuth, in addition to other plays and screenplays involving crime and mystery themes.

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  6. Anthony Joshua Shaffer (SHAF-ur) is best known for his play Sleuth , which reinvented the murder mystery by creating a new genre: the comedy thriller. He was born five minutes before his twin...

  7. 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...