Amadeus: A Play By Peter Shaffer - Essay Example

I enjoyed this play because it was more realistic and the touch of tragedy and drama made it more interesting and easier to understand. It also portrayed classic rivalry wherein there was jealousy, attempts of suicide and murder, and slight mention of love and relationships which can also be seen in books and movies today.

Compared to the tragedy play “Romeo and Juliet”, Amadeus was slightly more interesting from a male standpoint. What I disliked about this play was the thin line between fiction and non-fiction. It would be much better if it was a fiction or a non-fiction and not a combination of the two to enable the audience to relate it to their lives and resonate with the feelings it portrays, in which case this play failed to do so. Another thing I disliked about it was the several revisions Shaffer did from the original play, I think, for others to believe in what was written, a writer must stick to its entirety.