Whodunnit (play)
Whodunnit? is the title of a play written by Anthony Shaffer in 1977.
Anthony Joshua Shaffer, (May 15 1926 – November 6 2001), was an English playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. He was born in Liverpool and was the twin brother of the better-known Peter Shaffer. He graduated with a law degree from Trinity College, Cambridge University.
Shaffer's most notable work is the play Sleuth (1970), which he adapted for the film version of the same name, and starred Sir Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine. He received Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America for both versions: for Best Play in 1971, and Best Screenplay in 1973. His other major screenplays include the Hitchcock thriller Frenzy (1972) and the British cult thriller The Wicker Man (1973) with whose director Robin Hardy Shaffer had previously set up a television production company in the United States called 'Hardy, Shaffer & Associates'.
Originally called The Case Of The Oily Levantine, Whodunnit? is a comedy / mystery and almost a play within a play as the first act follows the traditional conventions of a country house mystery with an assorment of suspects, but in the second act no-one is truly what they seem.
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