I was born in Liverpool in England, and I lived there for the first nine years of my life. Peter Shaffer bearenglandlife Change image and share on social
The conquistadors and their followers were very rough people, and they were fixated on gold and silver. They were oblivious to the astonishing achievements of the Inca civilisation. Peter Shaffer achievementastonishcivilisation Change image and share on social
The rhetoric is the key to the character. It's the verbal music of the piece. Peter Shaffer characterkeymusic Change image and share on social
It is very, very difficult for a playwright to write a scene in which a young man has his first deep experience of sex with a girl whom he found immensely attractive, is fully satisfied by this event and gets up and blinds a lot of horses. Peter Shaffer attractiveblinddeep share on social
Black Comedy is a farce that is played in the dark, as you know, with the lights full on. It's the Chinese convention of reversing light and dark, and exactly where anybody is at any given moment is the play. Peter Shaffer blackchinesecomedy share on social
My actual childhood, as opposed to my adolescence, was not spent in London. Peter Shaffer actualadolescencechildhood Change image and share on social
We... our war began September the 3rd 1939, with the invasion of Poland by Germany, and thereafter the great state of danger in England at that time, with the bombings, necessitated the evacuation of children. Peter Shaffer 3rdbeginbombing share on social
