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
Luther (play) company. Luther won the Tony Award for Best Play in 1964. The English Stage Company cast for the production at the Royal Court was: The play was made into a film in 1973, directed by Guy Green, starring Stacy Keach as Martin, with Hugh Griffith as Tetzel, Alan Badel as Cajetan and Maurice Denham as Staupitz. A 2001 revival at the National Theatre, London, directed by Peter Gill, featured Rufus Sewell in the title role, with Richard Griffiths as Tetzel, Malcolm Sinclair as Cajetan and Timothy West as Staupitz. Luther is accepted into St. Augustine's Monastery in Erfurt. His father,