Peter Shaffer

Drama

12 m, 3 f, extras.

Unit set

Winner of a Tony Award for Best Play, the Academy Award for Best Film, and triumphant in recent revivals in the West End and on Broadway, this provocative work weaves a confrontation between mediocrity and genius into a tale of breathtaking dramatic power. In the court of the Austrian Emperor Josef, 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 total iridescent triumph ... of complexity of thought, emotion and dramatic power."-N.Y. Post

"Mozart blazes."-N.Y. Times

"Inspired."-Toronto Star

"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."-London Guardian

FEE: $100 per performance.

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