Equus Author:Peter Shaffer 'A very important play' — -Clive Barnes in The New York Times — In Eqqus - a play that took critics and public alike by storm - Peter Shaffer uses, paradoxically, a deranged youth, who blinds six horses with a spike, and a phsychiatrist to show us materialism and convenience have killed our capacity for worship and passion and, consequently, our c... more »apacity for pain.
Rarely has a playwright created an atmosphere and situation that so harshly pinpoint the spiritual and mental decay of modern man.
'Sensationally good' - Guardian
'Quite simply, Eqqus is magnificant' - Sunday Express« less