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Equus is a 1973 play by Peter Shaffer, about a child psychiatrist who attempts to treat a young man who has a pathological religious fascination with horses. [1] Shaffer was inspired to write Equus when he heard of a crime involving a 17-year-old boy who blinded six horses in a small town in northern England.
- Peter Shaffer
- 1973
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Jan 1, 1973 · In "Equus," which took critics and public alike by storm and has gone on to become a modern classic, Peter Shaffer depicts the story of a deranged youth who blinds six horses with a spike.
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Equus, drama in two acts by Peter Shaffer, produced and published in 1973. It depicts a psychiatrist’s fascination with a disturbed teenager’s mythopoeic obsession with horses.
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A concise biography of Peter Shaffer plus historical and literary context for Equus.
Feb 13, 2021 · Equus : a play. by. Shaffer, Peter, 1926-. Publication date. 1974. Topics. Psychotherapist and patient -- Drama, Obsessive-compulsive disorder -- Drama, Horses -- Drama, Teenage boys -- Drama. Publisher. London : French.
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Oct 1, 2005 · An explosive play that took critics and audiences by storm, Equus is Peter Shaffer's exploration of the way modern society has destroyed our ability to feel passion. Alan Strang is a disturbed youth whose dangerous obsession with horses leads him to commit an unspeakable act of violence.
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