Amadeus
A Play by Peter Shaffer
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · August 7, 2001
0riginating at the National Theatre of Great Britain, Amadeus was the recipient of both the Evening Standard Drama Award and the Theatre Critics Award.
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- Who it’s for
- A play about Mozart’s life, where classical music and theatre meet.
- Themes
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's life
- Genres
- British & Irish Plays, Playwriting
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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.
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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.
Mozart on Stage
A play about Mozart’s life, where classical music and theatre meet.
Come here for
- A theatrical take on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s life
- A meeting point for classical music and theatre
Expect
- A play with a new preface and introduction
- A stage work centered on Mozart’s life
Where it sits
| British & Irish Plays | 51% |
|---|---|
| Playwriting | 21% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Plays
- British & Irish Plays
- Playwriting
- Authors
- Peter Shaffer
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- August 7, 2001
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's life
- Reading lane
- Plays