Equus
by Peter Shaffer

Equus Book Cover
Equus Cover

Synopsis

Dr. Martin Dysart, a psychiatrist, is confronted with Alan Strang, a boy who has blinded six horses in a violent fit of passion.

This very passion is as foreign to Dysart as the act itself.

To the boy's parents it is a hideous mystery; Alan has always adored horses.

To Dysart it is a psychological puzzle that leads both doctor and patient to a complex and disturbingly dramatic confrontation.

Themes

Performance

Cast

A medium cast size of 9 total roles, 4 female and 5 male roles.

Publication

Publisher
Samuel French
Year Published
1974
ISBN 10
057301566X
ISBN 13
9780573015663
Binding
Paperback
Print Length
150 pages
Place Published
London
Language
English
LCCN
75320810
LCC
PR6037.H23 E6 1974b
DCC
822/.9/14
Print
Equus is a British play written by and published by Samuel French in London, 1974. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780573015663 and an ISBN-10 of 057301566X.

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