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Sleuth

Name: Sleuth
Author: Anthony Shaffer

Play written by Anthony Shaffer

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Author: Anthony Shaffer
Language: English

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Sleuth is a 1970 play written by Anthony Shaffer. The Broadway production received the Tony Award for Best Play, and Anthony Quayle and Keith Baxter received the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance. The play was adapted for feature films in 1972, 2007 and 2014.

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Location of first performance: Music Box Theatre
Derivative work: Sleuth
Sleuth
Form of creative work: play

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