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'Amadeus' honors play and film while adding more shenanigans

Using Peter Shaffer's play as its basis, this five-part miniseries starring Will Sharpe and Paul Bettany can be repetitious but there is still much to like.

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Using Peter Shaffer’s play as its basis, this five-part miniseries starring Will Sharpe and Paul Bettany can be repetitious but there is still much to like.

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Published by source: 2026-05-08T10:00:00+00:00

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