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
Charlie Strang as one of Western Australia’s foremost juniors he only managed 5 games over two seasons due to injuries. In 1938 an exchange of players allowed Strang to play for East Fremantle Football Club. In five seasons for East Fremantle Strang played 64 games and kicked 30 goals. His footballing career was interrupted by the Second World War where between 1942 and 1945 Strang served in the Royal Australian Air Force as a Fight Sergeant. He returned to play for East Fremantle in the 1945 WAFL premiership before playing one game for South Fremantle in 1946 and retiring from football. Strang