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Amadeus: A Play by Peter Shaffer Peter Shaffer
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Amadeus made its London debut in 1979. Maltz Jupiter theatergoers need to manage their expectations of next week's run of the play Amadeus, better known for the film about the mediocre composer Salieri's rivalry with Mozart. That Salieri stooped to kill Mozart is the fiction created by the playwright Peter Shaffer. But don't hold those against it, Oscar skeptics: Amadeus is a witty and highly imaginative historical fiction, well adapted by screenwriter Peter Shaffer from his own hit play. Most people who have a hankering for classical music have seen That Movie. 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. Despite the play's critical accolades and bountiful ticket sales, playwright Peter Shaffer was not satisfied. The one starring a young Tom Hulce, that guy with an obnoxious laugh? The complex relationship between genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and rival composer Antonio Salieri is the basis for Amadeus, the hit play by Peter Shaffer. Thu, May 16 @ 7:30pm Fri, May 17 @ 8:00pm New Repertory Theatre presents Peter Shaffer's Amadeus, winner of five Tony Awards — including Best Play.