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 … See more

The play opened on Broadway at the Plymouth Theatre on 24 October 1974, ending on 11 September 1976. It then opened at the See more

The first Midwest U.S. production of Equus opened March 1978 in Lansing, Michigan, at Boarshead Theatre. Directed by John Peakes, it featured Richard Thomsen as Dysart, David Kropp … See more

• ​Equus​ at the Internet Broadway Database
• ​Equus​ (1974 production) at the Internet Broadway Database See more

Act 1
Martin Dysart is a psychiatrist working in a psychiatric hospital. He begins with a monologue in … See more

Shaffer adapted the play for a 1977 film starring Richard Burton, Peter Firth, Eileen Atkins, Colin Blakely, Joan Plowright, and Jenny Agutter, directed by Sidney Lumet. Unlike stage … See more

• Shaffer, Peter (2005). Equus. New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7432-8730-2. See more