Paul Scofield as Antonio Salieri - the Love-Hater of Mozart

A remarkable performance from Paul Scofield here as the tortured court composer, Antonio Salieri.

This is a clip from a production of the play Amadeus by Peter Shaffer at the National Theatre, London in 1979.

Peter Shaffer's award-winning play combines fiction and history to detail the final years of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Antonio Salieri, an older composer, consumed at once by jealousy and esteem, plots the tragic downfall of his brilliant rival.

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