Table of Contents: Peter Shaffer and his early career - the novels and broadcast plays; Launching a theatre career - "Five Finger Exercise"; four one-act comedies and "Shrivings"; Widening the creative lens - "The Royal Hunt of the Sun"; "Equus" and the mature Shaffer; "Amadeus" - Shaffer's supreme achievement; Variations of a favourite theme - "Yonadab"; "Lettice and Lovage" - new comedy for a new age; Speculations - past and future; Chronology of play openings.