Equus (play) Tom Hulce replaced Firth during the Broadway run. The Broadway production ran for 1,209 performances. Marian Seldes appeared in every single performance of the Broadway run, first in the role of Hesther and then as Dora. Shaffer also adapted his play for a 1977 film of the same name. Numerous other issues inform the narrative. Most important are religious and ritual sacrifice themes, and the manner in which character Alan Strang constructs a personal theology involving the horses and the supreme godhead, "Equus". Alan sees the horses as representative of God and confuses his adoration of his "God" with sexual
Brandon Shaffer Human Services and Finance committees. In 2009, Shaffer became the President of the State Senate following the resignation of then-Senate President Peter Groff. On July 4, 2011, Shaffer announced that he was running for Congress from Colorado's 4th District, challenging incumbent Cory Gardner. Shaffer won the Democratic primary, but lost to Gardner in the November 6, 2012 general election. Brandon Shaffer Brandon Shaffer (born March 22, 1971) is the former President of the Colorado State Senate. He represented Senate District 17, which encompasses the cities of Longmont, Lafayette, Erie, and Louisville. Shaffer, a lifelong Democrat, was first elected as a