Editing Peter Barnes (playwright) (section)

===Later life===
In his later years Barnes turned his attention more in the direction of films, radio, and television.<ref name=variety/> His screenplay for [[Elizabeth von Arnim]]'s ''[[The Enchanted April]]'' earned him a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay|best adapted screenplay Oscar]] in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1993|title=The 65th Academy Awards &#124; 1993|website=Oscars.org &#124; Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|date=4 October 2014 }}</ref> He also wrote several hugely successful mini-series for U.S. television, including ''[[Arabian Nights (miniseries)|Arabian Nights]]'', ''[[Merlin (miniseries)|Merlin]]'' and ''[[Noah's Ark (miniseries)|Noah's Ark]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba12198d2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010124937/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba12198d2|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 October 2018|title=Peter Barnes|website=BFI}}</ref> For [[BBC Radio 3]] he wrote a series of monologues entitled ''Barnes's People'', for which he attracted a large number of well known actors: [[Laurence Olivier]], [[John Gielgud]], [[Alec Guinness]], [[Peggy Ashcroft]], [[Judi Dench]], and [[Ian McKellen]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/6423ecf725f84b5b8c7493a1163c2a89|title=Barnes' People|date=27 September 1981|issue=3020|pages=45|via=BBC Genome}}</ref> His television miniseries for ABC and NBC were the most popular of the day with record audiences.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/29/arts/tv-notes-merlin-sparks-ratings-magic.html|title=TV Notes; Merlin Sparks Ratings Magic|first=Bill|last=Carter|newspaper=The New York Times |date=29 April 1998}}</ref>

Barnes continued writing historical comedies throughout the 1990s. These include ''[[Sunsets and Glories]]'' (1990), ''[[Dreaming (play)|Dreaming]]'' (1999) which transferred to London's West End, and ''[[Jubilee (play)|Jubilee]]'' (2001).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rQINrHtwNU0C&q=peter+Barnes+continued+writing+historical+comedies+throughout+the+1990s&pg=PA74|title=The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English|first=Dominic|last=Head|date=26 January 2006|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521831796}}</ref><ref name=guardian/> He was the Royal Shakespeare Company's most produced living playwright at the time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.casarotto.co.uk/clients/peter-barnes|title=Peter Barnes|first=Casarotto Ramsay &|last=Associates|website=Casarotto Ramsay & Associates}}</ref>

The last play that Barnes completed was ''[[Babies (play)|Babies]]'', which is based on his experiences as an elderly father.<ref name=telegraph/> His second wife gave birth to a daughter when he was 69, followed by triplets a year later.<ref name="Obituary: Peter Barnes">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/jul/05/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries|title=Obituary: Peter Barnes|newspaper=The Guardian |date=2 July 2004|via=theguardian.com |last1=Billington |first1=Michael }}</ref>

[[John Irvin]] directed his ''[[The Moon and the Stars]]'' with [[Alfred Molina]] about the film business in 1930s' Rome.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-moon-and-the-stars-v392458|title=The Moon and the Stars (2007) – John Irvin &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related|website=AllMovie}}</ref> A revival of his ''[[Noonday Demons]]'' was produced by renowned theatre designer John Napier.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/jul/15/noonday-demons-review-comedy-peter-barnes|title=Noonday Demons review – rival hermits declare holy war in caustic comedy|first=Michael|last=Billington|newspaper=The Guardian |date=15 July 2015|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> Barnes television miniseries are shown yearly as holiday favourites.