Playwright Peter Shaffer’s story of a teenager who commits a horrible crime and the psychiatrist who is charged with helping him arrived on Broadway in 1974 as a sensation. “Equus” was seen wholly original and exhilarating, with its brew of psychoanalysis, religious zeal and eroticism, along with nudity, violence and an inspired representation of horses onstage.
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I hope to go see this production soon! I have never seen Equus, or any show at the public for that matter. As part of being at this school, I hope to expand my theater experiences both in doing my own work but also largely in experiencing the wide variety of work being done today. Addmitedly, much of my experience with theater is limited to the plays we performed and read in High School, as well as a number of shows I saw on my own time around my hometown. Now that I am living in such a rich theater community and city, I definitely plan on expanding this experience greatly. Equus seems like a good place to start, due to its stellar reviews and more adult nature. I know that a lot of our class is interested so hopefully we'll go soon!
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