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Peter Barnes was an English Olivier Award-winning playwright and screenwriter. His best known work is the play The Ruling Class, which was made into a 1972 film for which Peter O'Toole received an Oscar nomination.
The death on 1 July 2004 of the playwright Peter Barnes robbed the British theatre of one of its most individual and richly imaginative yet shamefully neglected writers.
Peter Barnes, the British playwright who penned The Ruling Class and Red Noses , embracing slapstick, surprise and hectic comedy, died of a heart attack July 1, The New York Times reported.
Feb 10, 2021 · Peter Barnes was one of our sharpest playwrights. So why don’t we see his work? After decades of unjust neglect, the writer of such dazzling satires as The Ruling Class is getting a small part...
Jul 5, 2004 · Peter Barnes, the award-winning playwright and screenwriter of “Enchanted April” and “The Ruling Class,” died July 1 in a London hospital after a stroke. He was 73. Barnes’ work was admired...
Quick Reference. (1931–2004) Playwright, born in east London, educated at Stroud Grammar School. His first real success came with The Ruling Class (1969), a bizarre farce exploring the mechanics of power, but ... From: Barnes, Peter in The Oxford Companion to English Literature » Subjects: Literature. Reference entries.
Nov 1, 2004 · The death on 1 July 2004 of the playwright Peter Barnes robbed the British theatre of one of its most individual and richly imaginative yet shamefully neglected writers.
