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Equus | Peter Shaffer
After premiering in 1973 in London, Peter Shaffer's Equus ran for more than a thousand performances on Broadway and won the 1974 Tony Award, as well as three other major drama awards. The play focuses on the causes underlying a seemingly senseless act of violence by an adolescent boy, an act that forces the characters to confront questions of responsibility and ultimate meaning. [eng] |
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Peter Shaffer (1926- )
Biography of British dramatist Peter Shaffer, plus links to all of his works currently in print. [eng] |
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A Struggle of Resistance against Restriction
What makes 'Equus' a powerful play? What makes 'Equus' a famous play? Is it an interesting play? Or is it just the nakedness of the actors' bodies? [eng] |
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The Anger in Equus
Barry B. Witham. Peter Shaffer’s Equus is neither great theatre nor bad psychology, but it has elements of both. It is an exhilarating play: a remarkable blend of delayed exposition and theatrical effect, of melodrama and circus, which has inspired huge ticket sales and adoring critical reviews. And it is that increasingly rare serious drama which capitalizes on lurid events while maintaining a devotion to “ideas.” [eng] |
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Shaffer, Peter. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
English playwright, b. Liverpool, grad. Cambridge, 1950. Before turning to the stage he wrote for radio and television and was the author of several mystery novels. He has written both historical and contemporary dramas, work ranging from the tautly dramatic to the farcically comic. [eng] |
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BBC News | ENTERTAINMENT | Shaffer: Acclaimed Amadeus playwright
Playwright Peter Shaffer, the Oscar-winning author of Oscar-winning Amadeus, is to become a knight. [eng] |
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