In the inexplicable crime of teenager Alan Strang – the blinding of six horses with a metal spike – Peter Shaffer’s Equus presents us with a reflection of the seemingly senseless violence of our time, as acted out again and again in our own backyard, be it Auschwitz, Kosovo or Columbine. As child psychologist Martin Dysart tries to treat Alan, he encounters the young man’s fervent passion for the horses, a Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins. Peter Shaffer's Equus () won the Tony Award for best play. A sensation at the time, it is still visceral and shocking on stage. Alan Strang, a disturbed young man, has been committed to a psychiatric hospital for blinding six horses/5(). Equus. by. Peter Shaffer. · Rating details · 21, ratings · reviews. 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 /5.
Peter Shaffer's Equus () won the Tony Award for best play. A sensation at the time, it is still visceral and shocking on stage. Alan Strang, a disturbed young man, has been committed to a psychiatric hospital for blinding six horses. The play focuses on the relationship between Strang and the psychiatrist Martin Dysart who has taken on. Peter Shaffer was strongly influenced by the theories of psychologist R.D. Laing when writing Equus. One of Laing's central ideas concerning human psychology is that, to some extent, mental illness is society's shared idea. Equus by Peter Shaffer. Category Equus. Essay type Analysis. Words (5 pages) Views Table of contents. Summary: Dysart and Alan are in the office of Dysart, however they are pretending to be at the stables. Dysart asks questions to Alan and Alan answers all of them.
Peter Shaffer's Equus () won the Tony Award for best play. A sensation at the time, it is still visceral and shocking on stage. Alan Strang, a disturbed young man, has been committed to a psychiatric hospital for blinding six horses. Equus (play) Equus. (play) Equus is a play by Peter Shaffer written in , telling the story of a psychiatrist who attempts to treat a young man who has a pathological religious fascination with horses. Shaffer was inspired to write Equus when he heard of a crime involving a year-old who blinded six horses in a small town in Suffolk. Equus. by. Peter Shaffer. · Rating details · 21, ratings · reviews. 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.
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