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Full-Length Play, Drama / 3w, 12m
Peter Shaffer
“Peter Shaffer’s greatest play.” – The Stage
Image: 2016 National Theatre Production (Marc Brenner)
Winner! Five 1981 Tony Awards, including Best Play Winner! 1981 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play Winner! 1985 Academy Award for Best Film
In the court of the Austrian Emperor Joseph II, Antonio Salieri is the established composer. Enter the greatest musical genius of all time: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Salieri has given himself to God so that he might realize his sole ambition – to be a great composer. Mozart is a foul-mouthed, graceless oaf who has that which is beyond Salieri’s envious grasp: Genius. A Tony Award-winning drama filled with the sounds of rivalry and inspiration.
Amadeus premiered at the National Theatre in London in November 1979. Directed by Peter Hall, the production featured Paul Scofield as Salieri, Simon Callow as Mozart and Felicity Kendal and Constanze. This production transferred to Her Majesty’s Theatre in the West End, starring Frank Finlay as Salieri. Later, the play premiered on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre on 11 December 1980. Directed again by Peter Hall, this version featured Ian McKellen as Salieri, Tim Curry as Mozart and Jane Seymour as Constanze. Since then, the show has seen multiple revivals and film and television adaptations.
ANTONIO SALIERI WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOTZART CONSTANZE WEBER - Wife to Mozart JOSEPH II - Emperor of Austria COUNT JOHANN KILIAN VON STRACK - Groom of the Imperial Chamber COUNT FRANZ ORSINI-ROSENBERG - Director of the Imperial Opera BARON GOTTFRIED VAN SWIETEN - Prefect of the Imperial Library TWO “VENTICELLI” - “Little Winds,” purveyors of information, gossip and rumor MAJOR-DOMO SALIERI'S VALET - Non-speaking SALIERI'S COOK - Non-speaking TERESA SALIERI - Wife of Salieri, non-speaking KATHERINA CAVALIERI - Salieri’s pupil, non-speaking GUISEPPE BONNO - Non-speaking SERVANTS and CITIZENS OF VIENNA
Vienna in November 1823 and, in recall, the decade 1781-1791.
“Inspired.” – Toronto Star
“A total iridescent triumph of complexity of thought, emotion and dramatic power.” – New York Post
“Mozart blazes.” – The New York Times
“Brilliant and excellent.” – WABC-TV
“A theatrical wonder.” – WCBS-TV
“Back in town and very welcome... highly theatrical... it contains technical skill with a genuine sense of rage.” – The Guardian
ON BREAKING CHARACTER Mystery, Memory and Music in Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus by Andy Knight 15 June 2016
Director’s Notes: Kent Nicholson Talks About Amadeus by Tania Thompson 16 June 2016
Amadeus – 2016 National Theatre Production Trailer
Amadeus – “Composers are Extraordinary” Scene from the 2015 National Theatre Production
Amadeus – Steppenwolf Theatre Company Trailer
Amadeus – Steppenwolf Production Audience Responses
Playwright Peter Shaffer on Mozart’s Music
Amadeus – Cleveland Play House Trailer
Sir Peter Shaffer, in full, Sir Peter Levin Shaffer (1926-2016), was a British playwright of considerable range who moved easily from farce to the portrayal of human anguish.
Educated at St. Paul’s and Trinity College, Cambridge, Shaffer first worked for a music publisher and ...