WRITER

Peter Shaffer

1926 - 2016

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Sir Peter Levin Shaffer (15 May 1926 – 6 June 2016) was an English playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Shaffer has received more than 695,888 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Shaffer is the 2,486th most popular writer (down from 1,768th in 2019), the 1,838th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,389th in 2019) and the 203rd most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 700k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Lettice and Lovage
Drama, Scripts, English drama (Comedy)
1988
The royal hunt of the sun
Conquest, 1522-1548, Incas, Drama
1964
Equus
Horses, Teenage boys, English drama
1973
1980
Five finger exercise
Drama, Scripts
1958
Amadeus
Drama, Motion picture plays, Scripts
0riginating at the National Theatre of Great Britain, Amadeus was the recipient of both the Evening Standard Drama Award and the Theatre Critics Award. In the United States, the play won the coveted Tony Award and went on to become a critically acclaimed major motion picture winning eight Oscars, including Best Picture. Now, this extraordinary work about the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is available with a new preface by Peter Shaffer and a new introduction by the director of the 1998 Broadway revival, Sir Peter Hall. Amadeus is a must-have for classical music buffs, theatre lovers, and aficionados of historical fiction. - Back cover.
1980

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Peter Shaffer ranks 2,486 out of 7,302. Before him are Ludovic Halévy, Jerzy Andrzejewski, Ulrich von Liechtenstein, Timotheus of Miletus, Wilhelm Raabe, and Richard Adams. After him are Isak Samokovlija, Sextus Pompeius Festus, Ursula Kuczynski, Yuan Mei, Valery Larbaud, and Karin Fossum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Peter Shaffer ranks 161. Before him are Raif Dizdarević, Claude Akins, John G. Kemeny, Ernst Ocwirk, Ingrid Haebler, and Paul Janssen. After him are Vicente Aranda, Claudio Villa, Juan Hohberg, Jorge Medina, Paolo Magnani, and Konstantin Feoktistov. Among people deceased in 2016, Peter Shaffer ranks 158. Before him are Javier Echevarría Rodríguez, Götz George, Rudi Altig, Curtis Hanson, Ferdinand Kübler, and Richard Adams. After him are Ilse Aichinger, Bill Nunn, Artur Fischer, Frano Selak, Jadranka Stojaković, and Papa Wemba.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Shaffer ranks 1,838 out of 8,785. Before him are Margaret Douglas (1515), Christabel Pankhurst (1880), Eleanor of Woodstock (1318), Vanessa Bell (1879), Richard Adams (1920), and Emma Darwin (1808). After him are Tony Sheridan (1940), Jasper Tudor (1431), Ernest Jones (1879), John Ball (1338), James Braid (1795), and Christine Keeler (1942).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Peter Shaffer ranks 203. Before him are Renée Vivien (1877), E. Nesbit (1858), William Beckford (1760), Dick Francis (1920), Christopher Priest (1943), and Richard Adams (1920). After him are Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878), John Mandeville (1300), Noël Coward (1899), David Lodge (1935), Ouida (1839), and John Aubrey (1626).

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