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About the Play
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.
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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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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