An English playwright, PETER SHAFFERattended Saint Paul’s School, and after a stint in the English coal mines as a “Bevin boy” in the war, went on to Trinity College, Cambridge. His most recent play, FIVE FINGER EXERCISE,directed by Sir John Gielgud, ran in London for almost two years and has recently been playing to full houses on Broadway. It won the Drama Critics’ Award last spring for the best foreign play.