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

Stepping into the shoes of Tom Vulce and F. Struggling with Genius: AMADEUS | The New England Theatre GeekDirector Jim Petosa ;s staging of Peter Shaffer ;s Tony-winning script never plays it safe. This performance of Amadeus at Christchurch's Court Theatre hits the right note., Theatre. The book is in the form of a play narrated by a composer contemporary of Mozart - Antonio Salieri. This led to Alexander Pushkin's poetic study of envy, Mozart and Salieri, written in 1830, which fed into Peter Shaffer's 1979 play, Amadeus. Talented actors in the leading roles – experienced performer John Bach as Antonio Salieri and promising newcomer Guy Langford as Mozart – are key to its success. Thomas Derrah was originally cast as composer Antonio Salieri in the New Repertory Theatre's production of Peter Shaffer's “Amadeus,” now at the Mosesian Theatre at the Arsenal Center for the Arts through May 19. In Shaffer's Get full access to Listener.co.nz. AMADEUS 5 - Brian Webb Russell Actors from the great Paul Scofield forward have found the challenges of playing a fictionalized version of real-life composer Antonio Salieri in Peter Shaffer's Amadeus daunting. The legend of his murder at the hands of fellow composer and rival, Antonio Salieri, inspired an opera — Mozart and Salieri, by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov — and a play-turned-major-motion-picture, Amadeus, by Peter Shaffer. We heard that they were preparing a production of Peter Shaffer's 1979 play 'Amadeus' - which is perhaps better known in Milos Forman's 1984 film version. I read Amadeus by Peter Shaffer last night which had also been made into a movie. But Christchurch's Court Theatre and director Ross Gumbley have aimed high and created a visually striking, bold and compelling version of Peter Shaffer's play. It makes amazing Amadeus Mozart.