Editing Peter Barnes (playwright) (section)

{{short description|English playwright and screenwriter (1931–2004)}}
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[[File:Peter_Barnes_(playwright).jpeg|thumb|right|Photo of Barnes by Denis Thorpe]]
'''Peter Barnes''' (10 January 1931 – 1 July 2004)<ref name="Independent">{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/peter-barnes-6166201.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225103308/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/peter-barnes-6166201.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=25 December 2014 | title=Peter Barnes: Surprising and adventurous dramatist | work=[[The Independent]] | date=5 July 2004 | access-date=5 September 2014 | author=Strachan, Alan}}</ref> was an English [[Laurence Olivier Awards|Olivier Award]]-winning [[playwright]] and [[screenwriter]]. His best known work is the play ''[[The Ruling Class (play)|The Ruling Class]]'', which was made into [[The Ruling Class (film)|a 1972 film]] for which [[Peter O'Toole]] received an [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Oscar]] nomination.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/peter-o-toole-74-gets-eighth-oscar-nomination-for-best-actor-1.1291327|title=Peter O'Toole (74) gets eighth Oscar nomination for best actor|first=Michael|last=Dwyer|newspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref>