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Peter Shaffer was born in Liverpool, England in 1926.
* He was the twin brother of playwright Anthony Shaffer.
* He studied history at Trinity College, Cambridge.
* He worked as a coal miner during World War II.
* He moved to New York City after the war and worked as a bookstore clerk and assistant at the New York Public Library.
* He began writing plays in the early 1950s.
* His most famous plays include "Equus" (1973) and "Amadeus" (1979).
* He won numerous awards for his work, including two Tony Awards and an Academy Award.
* He died in 2016 at the age of 89.

The trouble is if you don’t spend your life yourself, other people spend it for you.

Peter Shaffer

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