num_pages: 112
description: In Equus, which took critics and public alike by storm and has gone on to become a modern classic, Peter Shaffer depicts the story of a deranged youth who blinds six horses with a spike. Through a psychiatrist's analysis of the events, Shaffer creates a chilling portrait of how materialism and convenience have killed our capacity for worship and passion and, consequently, our capacity for pain. Rarely has a playwrite created an atmosphere and situation that so harshly pinpoint the spiritual and mental decay of modern man.
language: English
title: Equus
titlecomplete: Equus
genres: Fiction, Plays, Theatre, British Literature, Drama, Psychology, School, Literature, Classics, 20th Century
ratings_count: 21603
places: England
publisher: Tandem Library