In 1979 Simon Callow was offered the dream role of Mozart in Peter Shaffer's Amadeus. As the play returns to the National, he recalls his early doubts and backstage battles The first I heard about Amadeus was a characteristically vivid telephone call from the legendarily foul-mouthed director John Dexter (at that time head of productions at the Metropolitan Opera in New York). "Callow? What d'you know about Mozart?" …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AM on October 22, 2016