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Five Finger Exercise

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  2w, 3m

Peter Shaffer

Five Finger Exercise
by Peter Shaffer

"A powerful and absorbing drama." - The New York Post

The first stage success from the author of Equus and Amadeus, this taut family drama centers on a young German student who, coming to England to tutor the daughter of well-to-do family is drawn into the various individual dramas o…

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    Cast Size
    2w, 3m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Period, Docudrama/History

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Summary
The first stage success from the author of Equus and Amadeus, this taut family drama centers on a young German student who, coming to England to tutor the daughter of well-to-do family is drawn into the various individual dramas of these fractured, isolated people.
M3 (19, 20, 40s) F2 (14, 40)
  • Time Period 1950s
  • Setting A weekend cottage
  • Features Period Costumes

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Peter Shaffer

Peter Shaffer

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 ...

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