Search results
Equus (/ ˈ ɛ k w ə s, ˈ iː k w ə s /) is a genus of mammals in the family Equidae, which includes horses, asses, and zebras. Within the Equidae, Equus is the only recognized extant genus, comprising seven living species.
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.
Oct 20, 1977 · Equus: Directed by Sidney Lumet. With Richard Burton, Peter Firth, Colin Blakely, Joan Plowright. A psychiatrist attempts to uncover a troubled stable boy's disturbing obsession with horses.
Get all the key plot points of Peter Shaffer's Equus on one page. From the creators of SparkNotes.
The best study guide to Equus on the planet, from the creators of SparkNotes. Get the summaries, analysis, and quotes you need.
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.
Equus: A Play in Two Acts. Peter Shaffer. Samuel French, Inc., 1973 - Drama - 106 pages. Dr. Martin Dysart, a psychiatrist, is confronted with Alan Strang, a boy who has blinded six horses in a...
Equus is a 1973 play by English playwright Peter Shaffer. Focusing on a young man with a pathological religious fixation on horses, and the psychiatrist who attempts to unravel the mysteries of the young man’s psyche, it was inspired by a true story of religious mutilation of horses near Suffolk that led Shaffer to try to figure out what ...
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. The drama unfolds through the eyes of Martin Dysart, a psychiatrist and an amateur mythologist, who narrates the events of.
Feb 1, 2011 · 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...
