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
Alan Harris collaboration with United States composer Mark Swanson. Radio plays include The Gold Farmer for BBC Radio 3's The Wire season and plays for BBC Radio 4. His debut stage play, Orange, was commissioned and produced by Sgript Cymru. He is the winner of a Creative Wales Award from the Arts Council of Wales and represented by Nick Quinn at The Agency, London. Alan Harris Alan Harris is a Welsh playwright. Has written plays for theatres throughout the United Kingdom, including Paines Plough and National Theatre Wales. He won a Judges’ Award at the 2015 Bruntwood Prize for his play How