Peter Shaffer 1990. "Lettice and Lovage" also enabled Margaret Tyzack to win the award for best featured actress, and the production was nominated for best direction of a play, at the 1990 Tony Awards. Several of Shaffer's plays have been adapted to film, including "Five Finger Exercise" (1962), "The Royal Hunt of the Sun" (1969), "The Public Eye" (1962), from which he adapted the 1972 film "Follow Me!" (1972), "Equus" (1977), and "Amadeus" (1984), which won eight Academy Awards including Best Picture. Shaffer received two Academy Award nominations for adapting his plays "Equus" and "Amadeus" for the big screen. For writing the
Black Comedy (play) directed by Greg Doran with the following cast: Brindsley Miller...David Tennant Carol Melkett...Anna Chancellor Miss Furnival...Nichola McAuliffe Colonel Melkett...Gary Waldhorn Harold Gorringe...Desmond Barritt Schuppanzigh...Geoffrey Freshwater Clea...Amanda Harris Georg Bamberger...Joseph Millson Peter Shaffer rewrote "Black Comedy" for this production. In 1970, Peter Shaffer's twin brother, Anthony Shaffer, had adapted "Black Comedy" into a screenplay, announcing that it would be his next project, but the film was not produced. The performance rights for "Black Comedy" are controlled by Samuel French, Inc. Black Comedy (play) Black Comedy is a one-act farce by Peter Shaffer, first performed in 1965. The play is written to