AMADEUS

Name: AMADEUS
Start: 1981-06-27T00:00:00
End: 1982-10-02T23:59:00
Location: His Majesty's Theatre

National Theatre

Run Dates

1981.06.27 ~ 1982.10.02

His Majesty's Theatre

West End Premiere

1979.10.26 ~ 1981.06.04

National Theatre

World Premiere

About the show

Amadeus is a 1979 play by Peter Shaffer which gives a fictional account of the lives of composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri, imagining a rivalry between the two at the court of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor. Amadeus was first presented at the National Theatre, London in 1979, directed by Peter Hall and starring Paul Scofield as Salieri, Simon Callow as Mozart.

Creatives

Peter Shaffer

Playwright/Author

Felicity Kendal

Cast(Constanze)

Peter Shaffer

Playwright/Author

Felicity Kendal

Cast(Constanze)

Details

Playwright: Peter Shaffer Director: Peter Hall Sets, Costumes, & Lighting: John Bury Music Director: Harrison Birtwistle Associate Scenic Designer: Ursula Belden Associate Costume Designer: John David Ridge Associate Lighting Director: Beverly Emmons CAST Antonio Salieri Paul Scofield Frank Finlay [West End] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Simon Callow Richard O'Callaghan [West End] Constanze Weber Felicity Kendal Morag Hoos [West End] Joseph II John Normington Count Franz Orsini-Rosenberg Andrew Cruickshank/Willoughby Goddard Baron Gottfried van Swieten Nicholas Selby Count Johann Kilian von Strack Basil Henson Caterina Cavalieri Terry Diab Chapelmaster Bonno Peter Needham The Venticelli Donald Gee & Dermot Crowley Ignaz Greybig Philip Locke

Where it's been performed

His Majesty's Theatre

London

United Kingdom

London

United Kingdom

National Theatre

London

United Kingdom

London

United Kingdom

AMADEUS

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