Anthony Shaffer
Anthony Shaffer · Arts & Literature
Tony Award — Best Play
1926, Liverpool, England, UK — 2001, London, England, UK
United Kingdom
Anthony Shaffer is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Tony Award — Best Play
Anthony Shaffer was an English playwright and screenwriter whose stage thriller Sleuth won the 1971 Tony Award for Best Play, and who wrote screenplays for Hitchcock's Frenzy and the cult film The Wicker Man. He was born into a Jewish family in Liverpool and was the identical twin of playwright Peter Shaffer. He was a master of the twist-driven mystery.
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Tony Award — Best Play
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award for Best Play
