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SHAFFER, Peter. Amadeus. New York: Harper & Row, 1981.
8o. Original black cloth (covers slightly bowed); pictorial dust jacket.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, SIGNED by Shaffer on the half-title. Shaffer's play opened at the National Theatre of Great Britain in November of 1979 and was extensively reworked before opening in the United States. The play was made into a movie in 1984 starring Tom Hulce as Mozart and F. Murray Abraham as his rival Salieri. The film won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
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FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, SIGNED by Shaffer on the half-title. Shaffer's play opened at the National Theatre of Great Britain in November of 1979 and was extensively reworked before opening in the United States. The play was made into a movie in 1984 starring Tom Hulce as Mozart and F. Murray Abraham as his rival Salieri. The film won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture.