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Equus

Play by Peter Shaffer
Equus is a 1973 play by Peter Shaffer, about a child 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 boy... Wikipedia
First performance: 1973
Playwright: Peter Shaffer
Genre: Drama
Setting: The Present; Rokeby Psychiatric Hospital, Southern England