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Equus

Equus

by Peter Shaffer

Award-Winning
Bestseller
Drama
Medium Cast (9-13)

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Equus

Equus





The award-winning play about a psychiatrist attempting to uncover a troubled stable boy's disturbing obsession with horses.


Story:

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.


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Playwright

Playwright
Peter Shaffer



Broadway Premiere

Theatre
Plymouth Theatre, Helen Hayes Theatre
Opening Night
Oct 24, 1974
Total Performances
1,209
Original Cast
Peter Firth, Anthony Hopkins, Michael Higgins, Roberta Maxwell, Marian Seldes, Frances Sternhagen, Mary Doyle, Gus Kaikkonen, Philip Kraus, Walter Mathews, Everett McGill, Gabriel Oshen, David Ramsey, John Tyrrell
Director
John Dexter
Scenic Design
John Napier
Costume Design
John Napier
Lighting Design
Andy Phillips
Sound Design
Marc Wilkinson

2008 Broadway Revival

Theatre
Broadhurst Theatre
Opening Night
Sep 25, 2008
Total Performances
156
Original Cast
Richard Griffiths, Daniel Radcliffe, Kate Mulgrew, Collin Baja, Anna Camp, Tyrone A. Jackson, Spencer Liff, Graeme Malcolm, Carolyn McCormick, Adesola Osakalumi, Lorenzo Pisoni, Sandra Shipley, T. Ryder Smith, Marc Spaulding
Director
Thea Sharrock
Scenic Design
John Napier
Costume Design
John Napier
Lighting Design
David Hersey
Sound Design
Gregory Clarke

1977 Film Version

Movie Name
Equus
Type
Hollywood Feature Film
Director
Sidney Lumet
Screenplay
Peter Shaffer
Starring
Richard Burton, Peter Firth, Colin Blakely



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DVD
Original Hollywood Version DVD


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1975 Tony Award Nominations

Best Play
Best Direction of a Play – John Dexter
Best Actor in Play – Peter Firth
Best Featured Actress in a Play – Frances Sternhagen
Best Lighting Design – Andy Phillips

1975 Theatre World Nominations

Peter Firth

1975 Drama Desk Award Nominations

Outstanding Actor in a Play – Anthony Hopkins
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play – Frances Sternhagen
Outstanding Director of a Play – John Dexter
Outstanding New Play (Foreign)
Outstanding Actor in a Play – Peter Firth
Outstanding Costume Design – John Napier
Outstanding Lighting Design – Andy Phillips
Outstanding Set Design – John Napier

2009 Tony Award Nominations

Best Sound Design of a Play – Gregory Clarke
Best Lighting Design of a Play – David Hersey

2009 Drama Desk Award Nominations

Outstanding Lighting Design in a Play – David Hersey
Outstanding Actor in a Play – Daniel Radcliffe
Outstanding Sound Design – Gregory Clarke

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