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
Alan Harris collaboration with United States composer Mark Swanson. Radio plays include The Gold Farmer for BBC Radio 3's The Wire season and plays for BBC Radio 4. His debut stage play, Orange, was commissioned and produced by Sgript Cymru. He is the winner of a Creative Wales Award from the Arts Council of Wales and represented by Nick Quinn at The Agency, London. Alan Harris Alan Harris is a Welsh playwright. Has written plays for theatres throughout the United Kingdom, including Paines Plough and National Theatre Wales. He won a Judges’ Award at the 2015 Bruntwood Prize for his play How