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
The World of Suzie Wong (play) The World of Suzie Wong (play) The World of Suzie Wong is an award-winning 1958-premiered stage play, adapted from the eponymous 1957 novel by Richard Mason, "The World of Suzie Wong". The play was in turn adapted into the 1960 Hollywood British-American feature film "The World of Suzie Wong". The novel was adapted into a play by playwright Paul Osborn. It is one of the major elements of the Suzie Wong franchise. The play dramatizes the story of the eponymous Richard Mason novel, "The World of Suzie Wong", upon which it is based. The play opened for the 1958-1959 Broadway