Barnes, Peter

Barnes, Peter
▪ 2005

      British playwright and screenwriter (b. Jan. 10, 1931, London, Eng.—d. July 1, 2004, London), was an imaginative, thoroughly unorthodox—and often underappreciated—writer best known for the satiric play The Ruling Class (1968), which he adapted for a 1972 film starring Peter O'Toole. Barnes combined unconventional dramatic sensibilities and extravagant wit with an appreciation of earlier playwrights such as Frank Wedekind, Ben Jonson, and Georges Feydeau. Barnes's many other works included the Oliver Award-winning play Red Noses (1985) and the Oscar-nominated screenplay for Enchanted April (1992).

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