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Educated St Paul's School & Trinity College, Cambridge. Worked in Aquisitions Dept. of New York Public Library and for music publisher Boosey & Hawkes before finding fame as playwright.

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Born at 9:35am-BST

He has a twin brother named Anthony Shaffer who was born five minutes before him and is also an author.

Brother-in-law of Diane Cilento.

Awarded a Knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II in the annual New Year Honours (2001).

Both he and brother Anthony Shaffer have adapted their own sucessful plays into sucessful films: Peter wrote Amadeus (1984), and Anthony wrote Sleuth (1972).

Has twice won Broadway's Tony Award as author of a Best Play winner: in 1975 for "Equus" and in 1981 for "Amadeus." He was also twice nominated as author of a Best Play nominee: in 1967 for "Black Comedy" and in 1991 for "Lettice and Lovage."

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