Peter Shaffer was a renowned British screenwriter and playwright. He was born in Liverpool, England on May 15th, 1926, and he studied history on a scholarship at Trinity College, University of Cambridge. Before beginning his playwrighting career, Shaffer was a coal miner during World War II; afterward, he held various odd jobs, such as bookstore clerk and assistant at the New York Public Library. During the early years of his career he also worked as a literary critic.
Soon after his graduation from Trinity College in 1950, Shaffer collaborated with his twin brother, Anthony Shaffer, to publish three mystery novels under the pseudonym "Peter Anthony." Following those novels, his first...
