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Equus is a play by Peter Shaffer written in 1973, 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 17-year-old who blinded six horses in a small town near Suffolk. He set out to construct a fictional account of what might have caused the incident, without knowing any of the details of the crime.

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  • Equus is a play by Peter Shaffer written in 1973, 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 17-year-old who blinded six horses in a small town near Suffolk. He set out to construct a fictional account of what might have caused the incident, without knowing any of the details of the crime.
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  • Equus
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character in play
  • * Alan Strang
  • * Dora Strang
  • * Frank Strang
  • * Harry Dalton
  • * Hesther Soloman
  • * Horseman
  • * Jill Mason
  • * Martin Dysart
  • * Nugget
  • * Nurse
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setting of play
  • The Present; Rokeby Psychiatric Hospital, Southern England
subject of play
  • 17-year-old boy blinds six horses with spike, case becomes a catalyst for his psychiatrist's own doubts
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