Peter Shaffer
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Emerging from a Jewish family in Liverpool and educated at St Paul’s and Trinity College, Cambridge, Shaffer first entered the dramatic world after assorted jobs that included coal mining and library assistance. His early television play in 1955 led to the acclaimed stage success Five Finger Exercise in 1958, which earned both the Evening Standard Drama Award and the New York Drama Critics’ Circle…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources