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...Equus is a psychological drama focusing on a single, horrific crime: a 17-year-old boy, Alan Strang, blinds six horses with a metal spike. His psychiatrist, Dr. Martin Dysart, must find out why and cure him. It gradually comes out that Alan (Jack E. Fishburn ’08) has combined the influences of his parents, his hatred of a deadening consumer society, and his love of horses into a unique and personal religion in which he finds the passion that Dysart (Dan A. Cozzens ’03) lacks...
REAL INSPECTOR HOUND/BLACK COMEDY. This doubleheader of serious comedies offers up Tom Stoppard (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead) and Peter Shaffer (Equus, Amadeus) at their funniest. The plays operate within the conceits of the dramatic and artistic spheres, respectively, in order to highlight the contrasts between illusion and reality, the unseen and the visible. Both plays tinker with theatrical conventions to create an evening of non-stop hysterics. Through Saturday, April 12 at 8 p.m. Tickets $8, $5 for students and seniors, $4 for Adams House residents, available at the Harvard Box Office, (617) 496-2222. Adams House Pool Theatre...
Unfortunately, the creative lyrics are masked by the band's unwillingness to relax and let their instruments fit the lyrics. This makes many of the songs blend together. "Want Ad King" may wax philosophic ("If life was Equus I'd be Burton/Philosophically uncertain/Not the screw-up kid with the religious mom") but the lead guitar sounds exactly the same as on "East Hampton," the next track. As the sequence of 16 songs progresses, some of the stronger tunes, such as the catchy "So Eureka," end up being overlooked...
...well that any horse costuming beyond the simple wire mask would have been overkill. Because the human faces were always visible within the horse mask, the presence of human emotions within the horse character provided a chilling insight into Alan's world view--especially the mischievous grin of the Equus horse-god (Matthew Williams...
This production of Equus was undoubtedly worthy of the fine writing on which it was based. Following the performance, the audience expressed this sentiment by calling the cast back on stage twice for a standing ovation. It is only a shame the show will not be back for a second weekend of performances to allow more theater-goers to surrender their moral certitude and applaud in gratitude...