Equus
Past productions
- English Touring Theatre and Theatre Royal Stratford East, Theatre Royal Stratford East, Trafalgar Studios, London, and other locations
- The Crescent Theatre Company, Crescent Theatre Studio, The Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
- London Classic Theatre Company, Greenwich Theatre, London, Gala Theatre, Durham, and other locations
- Zoo Roxy, Edinburgh
- University of Birmingham
- Gielgud Theatre, London
- Oldham Repertory Company, Coliseum Theatre, Oldham
- Glen Street Theatre, Frenchs Forest, Australia
- Glen Street Theatre, Frenchs Forest, Australia
- Nottingham Theatre Club, Lace Market Theatre, Nottingham
- Swansea Repertory Company, Grand Theatre, Swansea
- Farnham Repertory Company, Redgrave Theatre, Farnham
- Library Theatre Company, Manchester, Forum Theatre, Wythenshawe, Manchester
- Windsor Theatre Company, Theatre Royal, Windsor
- National Theatre, Albery Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London
- 7 Arts, 7 Arts Theatre, Salisbury, Rhodesia and Bulawayo Theatre
- Travelling Playhouse Ltd, Nottingham Playhouse, King’s Theatre, Glasgow, and other locations
- Tyneside Theatre Company, Newcastle University Theatre
- Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company, Birmingham Repertory Theatre
- Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd, Salisbury Playhouse
- Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal
- Mercury Theatre, Colchester
- The Old Vic, London
- National Theatre, The Old Vic, London
A play by Peter Shaffer
Peter 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 in 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. The play’s action is something of a detective story, involving the attempts of child psychiatrist Dr Martin Dysart to understand the cause of young Alan Strang’s actions while wrestling with his own sense of purpose.