Equus

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drama psychological drama stage play

Equus is a psychologically intense stage play by Peter Shaffer that explores themes of religion, sexuality, and mental illness through the story of a disturbed young man and his psychiatrist.

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Equus (1977 film) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drama ⓘ
psychological drama ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
adaptation Equus (1977 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
author Peter Shaffer NERFINISHED ⓘ
awarded Tony Award for Best Play NERFINISHED ⓘ
broadwayDebutYear 1974 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
dramaticDevice direct address to the audience ⓘ
non-naturalistic staging of horses by actors ⓘ
featuresCharacter Alan Strang NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dora Strang NERFINISHED ⓘ
Frank Strang NERFINISHED ⓘ
Harry Dalton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hesther Salomon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jill Mason NERFINISHED ⓘ
Martin Dysart NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nurse ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector Sidney Lumet NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1973 ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
psychological drama ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
mainTheme freedom versus normality ⓘ
identity ⓘ
mental illness ⓘ
religion ⓘ
repression ⓘ
sexuality ⓘ
violence ⓘ
worship ⓘ
notableActorInRevival Daniel Radcliffe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Richard Griffiths NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableRevival 2007 West End revival ⓘ
2008 Broadway revival ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotPoint blinding of horses ⓘ
premieredAt Old Vic Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
premiereLocation National Theatre, London NERFINISHED ⓘ
protagonist Alan Strang NERFINISHED ⓘ
secondaryProtagonist Martin Dysart NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting Rokeby Psychiatric Hospital NERFINISHED ⓘ
southern England ⓘ
structure two-act play ⓘ
subject a psychiatrist treating a disturbed young man ⓘ
symbol Equus as a god-like figure NERFINISHED ⓘ
horses ⓘ
writer Peter Shaffer NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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Equus (stage) → adaptedAs → Equus ⓘ
subject surface form: Equus (play)
this entity surface form: Equus (1977 film)
Thea Sharrock → directedPlay → Equus ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Play → notableWinner → Equus ⓘ
Oswald Morris → notableWork → Equus ⓘ
Tom Hulce → theaterWork → Equus ⓘ
Oswald Morris → workedOn → Equus ⓘ