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Equus by Peter Shaffer

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Equus by Peter Shaffer

When a deranged boy, Alan Strang, blinds six horses with a metal spike he is sentenced to psychiatric treatment. Dr Dysart is the man given the task of uncovering what happened the night Strang committed his crime, but in doing so will open up his own wounds. This work uses an act of violence to explore faith and insanity.

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Peter Shaffer was born in Liverpool in 1926. Among his plays, The Salt Land (1954), Equus (1973) which won Shaffer the 1975 Tony Award for Best Play as well as the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, Amadeus (1979) which won the Evening Standard Drama Award and the Theatre Critics Award for the London production.
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ISBN 13 9780141188904
ISBN 10 0141188901
Title Equus
Author Peter Shaffer
Series Penguin Modern Classics
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 2007-01-25
Number of pages 112
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

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