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Equus

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SKU:
357
Condition:
Very Good
Format:
Paperback, 109 pages
Publisher:
Penguin Books, 1984
Edition:
Tenth Printing
In Equus, which took critics and public alike by storm and has gone on to become a modern classic, Peter Shaffer depicts the story of a deranged youth who blinds six horses with a spike. Through a psychiatrist's analysis of the events, Shaffer creates a chilling portrait of how materialism and convenience have killed our capacity for worship and passion and, consequently, our capacity for pain. Rarely has a playwrite created an atmosphere and situation that so harshly pinpoint the spiritual and mental decay of modern man. Winner of the Tony Award, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, the Drama Desk Award, and the New York Outer Critics Award for Best Play of 1975.

In Equus, which took critics and public alike by storm and has gone on to become a modern classic, Peter Shaffer depicts the story of a deranged youth who blinds six horses with a spike. Through a psychiatrist's analysis of the events, Shaffer creates a chilling portrait of how materialism and convenience have killed our capacity for worship and passion and, consequently, our capacity for pain. Rarely has a playwrite created an atmosphere and situation that so harshly pinpoint the spiritual and mental decay of modern man.

Winner of the Tony Award, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, the Drama Desk Award, and the New York Outer Critics Award for Best Play of 1975.

Editorial Reviews

"A very important play." —Clive Barnes, The New York Times

"Quite simply, Equus is magnificent." —Sunday Express (London)

About the Author

One of the foremost playwrights of our time, Peter Shaffer has had seven plays produced on Broadway. He has won every major dramatic award as well as an Academy Award for the screenplay adaptation of his play Amadeus.