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Equus and Amadeus playwright Peter Shaffer dies aged 90
The Guardian ^ | 6/6/2016 | Maev Kennedy

Posted on 06/06/2016 9:14:18 AM PDT by Borges

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1 posted on 06/06/2016 9:14:18 AM PDT by Borges
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I suppose since he is a white Play-write his works will be banned by the liberal New England colleges in their courses?


2 posted on 06/06/2016 9:21:36 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 ((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
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3 posted on 06/06/2016 9:28:44 AM PDT by TexasGator
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4 posted on 06/06/2016 9:33:19 AM PDT by Borges
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"Equus" didn't hit with me.

Perhaps if I saw it on stage, I might feel differently.

Nah.

5 posted on 06/06/2016 9:36:04 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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It’s unfortunate he misrepresented Antonio Salieri as a villain in “Amadeus.” RIP.


6 posted on 06/06/2016 9:36:51 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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RIP. That’s a pretty good corpus for any playwright.


7 posted on 06/06/2016 9:37:35 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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I think in the play Equus the main character has sex or simulated sex with a horse, so it will be a big hit in academia.


8 posted on 06/06/2016 9:40:08 AM PDT by rey
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Equus is the only movie I got up and walked out on.


9 posted on 06/06/2016 9:49:52 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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He didn’t have sex with the horse. But things did get weird with a girl in the stables.


10 posted on 06/06/2016 9:52:13 AM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: blueunicorn6

It was a terrible film of a good play.


11 posted on 06/06/2016 10:12:25 AM PDT by Borges
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Maybe they were just horsing around.


12 posted on 06/06/2016 10:15:18 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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Maybe they were just horsing around.

I say neigh.

13 posted on 06/06/2016 10:17:24 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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I say neigh.


14 posted on 06/06/2016 10:18:24 AM PDT by dfwgator
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It’s unfortunate he misrepresented Antonio Salieri as a villain in “Amadeus.”

Amadeus is a good play and the film adaptation was great. The trouble is, too many people watched it thinking that it was a history lesson rather than a work of fiction. That's the audience's fault, not the writer or filmmaker's.

In reality, Salieri and Mozart got along fairly well. The person who commissioned the Requiem Mass from Mozart did indeed try to steal the work and take credit for it after Mozart's death, but that man was Count von Walzeg, not Salieri.

15 posted on 06/06/2016 11:16:33 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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Saleri went on to teach Beethoven and was saught out by Beethoven for many many years after Beethoven became famous.


16 posted on 06/06/2016 11:25:58 AM PDT by MrsEmmaPeel (a government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have)
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He also taught a very young Franz Liszt.


17 posted on 06/06/2016 12:13:26 PM PDT by Borges
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Franz Liszt?

Never heard of him...

18 posted on 06/06/2016 12:26:27 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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Wiht all th ementions of “Equs” I now have the “Mister Ed” theme stuck in my head...


19 posted on 06/06/2016 1:05:58 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.)
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Wilbur! NO!

20 posted on 06/06/2016 1:09:20 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.)
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