Peter Shaffer comedies. "The Royal Hunt of the Sun" (1964) presents the tragic conquest of Peru by the Spanish, while "Black Comedy" (1965) takes a humorous look at the antics of a group of characters feeling their way around a pitch black room — although the stage is actually flooded with light. "Equus" (1973) won Shaffer the 1975 Tony Award for Best Play as well as the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. A journey into the mind of a seventeen-year-old stable-boy who had plunged a spike into the eyes of six horses, "Equus" ran for over 1,000 performances on Broadway. It
William Strang wrote short stories but these were not published. William married Agnes McSymon Rogerson (d.1933), also from Dumbarton, in 1885. They had four sons and one daughter. His sons Ian Strang (1886-1952) and David Strang (1887-1967) were both artists. William had at least one granddaughter, Joan Strang, born of David's short-lived marriage to the English soprano Dora Labbette. In 1955 David Strang gifted the bulk of William Strang's etchings to the National Gallery of Scotland, many of which were annotated by David for clarification on subject matter. William Strang William Strang RA (13 February 1859 – 12 April 1921) was a