Editing Peter Shaffer (section)

==Early life==
Shaffer was born to a [[Jewish]] family in [[Liverpool]], the son of Reka (née Fredman) and estate agent Jack Shaffer.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.forward.com/articles/14301|work=Forward|date=2 October 2008|title=Baring Body and Soul, Again, on Broadway|author=Benjamin Ivry|access-date=14 September 2010}}</ref> He grew up in London and was the identical twin brother of fellow playwright [[Anthony Shaffer (writer)|Anthony Shaffer]].<ref name = NYTObit>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/07/arts/peter-shaffer-dies-at-90-playwright-won-tonys-for-equus-and-amadeus.html|title = Peter Shaffer Dies at 90; Playwright Won Tonys for 'Equus' and 'Amadeus'|last1 = Weber|first1 = Bruce|last2 = Berkvist|first2 = Robert|newspaper = [[The New York Times]]|date = 7 June 2016|accessdate = 28 July 2022|page = B9|url-access = limited}}</ref>

He was educated at the [[The Hall School (Hampstead)|Hall School]], [[Hampstead]], and [[St Paul's School, London]], and subsequently he gained a scholarship to [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], to study history. Shaffer was a [[Bevin Boy]] coal miner during World War II, and took a number of jobs including bookstore clerk, and assistant at the [[New York Public Library]], before discovering his dramatic talents.<ref name=GuardianObit>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/jun/06/sir-peter-shaffer-obituary|title=Sir Peter Shaffer obituary|last=Gardner|first=Lyn|date=6 June 2016|work=The Guardian|access-date=7 December 2018|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>