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
Anthony Shaffer (writer) Anthony Shaffer (writer) Anthony Joshua Shaffer (15 May 19266 November 2001) was an English playwright, screenwriter, novelist, barrister and advertising executive. Shaffer was born to a Jewish family in Liverpool, the son of Reka (née Fredman) and Jack Shaffer. He was the identical twin brother of writer and dramatist Peter Shaffer, and they had another brother, Brian. Shaffer was educated at The Hall School, Hampstead, a boys' prep school and St. Paul's School, London. He graduated with a degree in Law from Trinity College, Cambridge. Shaffer worked as a barrister and advertising copywriter before becoming a full-time writer. Shaffer's most