Equus by Peter Shaffer 1973 Royal National Theatre Is Passion a Worthwhile Price to Pay? With its minimalistic set design‚ small cast‚ and a stage with nearly no lighting‚ Peter Shaffer’s play Equus relies heavily on a masterfully written script to spread its message with the audience. The play is “neither great theatre nor bad psychology‚ but it has elements of both” (Witham). With the assistance of the character Martin Dysart‚ a child psychologist‚ the play analyzes the parental‚ religious
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the mother of Keith‚ Mrs Hayward. The boys often misbehave during their investigations; however order is restored with the use of strict parenting skills. In addition to Spies‚ parenthood is clearly presented throughout Equus due to the work of Peter Shaffer. The main action within Equus takes part in the ‘Rokesby Psychiatric Hospital’. Equus is set in the later stages of the 20th century‚ approximately between the years of 1970-80. Dora and Frank Strang are pivotal to the plot of Equus‚ as they care
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Peter Shaffer’s play Equus is about Alan Strang and his perception on horses. Alan is currently being treated by a Martin Dysart‚ his psychiatrist‚ for blinding six horses. His psychiatrist tries to get Alan to explain what was going on and he eventually begins to open up. When Alan was a child‚ his mother was a Christian who read the bible to him every day. One day‚ his father destroyed a picture of the crucifixion of Jesus and Alan decided to replace it with a picture of a horse. During Alan’s
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In Equus by Peter Shaffer‚ Martin Dysart is the psychiatrist of Alan Strang. He is assigned to investigate Alan’s horrible crime of blinding six horses with a spike. During his investigation‚ Dysart questions his career and life and whether it’s his passion. Even though Alan Strang suffers throughout the play‚ Dysart seems to be the one to experience true tragic. As soon as Dysart heard Strang’s story‚ he questions everything that he accepted in his life. This is learned when he starts to trust
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The author of Equus‚ Peter Shaffer‚ explores the idea of differing views of Religion by showing contrasting characters and conflicting points of view. Specifically focusing on how showing the contrasting ideas of sanity and insanity in regards to Alan and Dysart. These techniques of contrasting characters and contrasting points of view are used to explore the main idea of what is normal. The issue with points of view in Equus is that the characters all believe they are right and that their view
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Equus‚ a play by Peter Shaffer‚ written in 1973 was performed on Forbes Center Stage by James Madison University students. It introduced actors- Chris Consaul‚ Noah Heie- allowing them to perform complex roles full of emotion. The playwrights inspiration originated from a friends recount of a story heard at a most recent dinner party in London; a young man who blinded 26 horses with a spike. This story was enough to fascinate Peter Shaffer in constructing a play around it. Alan Strang‚ a unstable
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Written Concept Amadeus – Peter Shaffer The monologue I’ll be performing is taken from Peter Shaffer’s play ‘Amadeus’‚ a fictionalised account of the lives of composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri. I shall be playing Salieri‚ court composer of the Habsburg court of Vienna in the 18th century and the early part of the 19th‚ around the time of Mozart’s rise to fame. He is bitter and jealous of Mozart and his popularity‚ and in the monologue he turns to God and asks what he has done
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married man‚ a wife lives in his shadow. A woman who supports his decisions. A woman who loves and respects him unconditionally. A woman with a role to fulfill. Whether he is a good or bad man‚ she must remain at his side as a “good” wife. In Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus‚ Jez Butterworth’s The Ferryman‚ and Sean O’Casey’s The Plough and the Stars‚ several structures‚ themes‚ histories etc. are explored in each play; yet‚ one character exists within these three plays: the archetypal wife. From the homemaker
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The movie Amadeus has given me great insight about the Enlightenment period. Amadeus was a film that was primarily focused on music‚ or more particularly Mozart‚ but one could learn a great deal about what life was like during this age in Europe by watching it. The clothing‚ manners‚ behaviour‚ society‚ government‚ and many other things presented throughout the film can teach one a lot about the culture and way of life. First and foremost‚ it is definitely apparent that the culture of 18th to 19th
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Amadeus Essay Muhi 100 3/12/2015 Lance Lillard The Classical Spirit as portrayed in Amadeus Classical Spirit can be defined as the passion and objectivity of music in what is known as the classical period. The classical period took place between 1750 and 1825. People say the seventeenth and eighteenth century was known as the Age of Enlightenment. Mozart played a huge role during this time and influenced many composers. The Classical-Romantic era is recognized by its four movements. The first
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