Amadeus - Peter Shaffer (BBC 1983)

Peter Shaffer's magnificant play. Its plot enlarges on Alexander Pushkin's work 'Mozart and Salieri' itself based on rumours recorded in Beethoven's conversation books & current in Vienna at Salieri's death. But this was just the vehicle. Shaffer's great achievement was to conjure up Vienna & Mozart, and to make Mozart's art seem fresh minted.

This is the National Theatre's production. The Criterion Theatre's production used a slightly different version of the text.

Cast
Paul Scofield
Simon Callow
Felicity Kendal
Donald Gee
Susan Gilmore
John Normington
William Sleigh
Willoughby Goddard
Basil Henson
Nicholas Selby
Peggy Marshall
Glenn Williams
Robin Meredith
Nigel Bellairs
Anne Sedgwick
Dermont Crawley

Music - Kevin Leeman
NFT Producer - Peter Hall
Radio Producer - David Spencer
Broadcast by Radio 3, January 23, 1983


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