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Equus (play)

Index Equus (play)

Equus is a play by Peter Shaffer written in 1973, telling the story of a psychiatrist who attempts to treat a young man who has a pathological religious fascination with horses. [1]

72 relations: Adesola Osakalumi, Alec McCowen, Ancient Greece, Andy Phillips, Anna Camp, Anthony Hopkins, Anthony Perkins, Apollonian and Dionysian, Baltimore, Brad Mays, Broadhurst Theatre, Carolyn McCormick, Charles S. Dutton, Child and adolescent psychiatry, Clive Hicks-Jenkins, Colin Blakely, Crucifixion, Dai Bradley, Daniel Radcliffe, David Pugh and Dafydd Rogers, Deity, Drama Desk Award, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design, Eileen Atkins, Equus (film), Frances Sternhagen, Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, Gielgud Theatre, Harry Potter (character), Harry Potter (film series), Hayes Theater, Homer, Jenny Agutter, Joan Plowright, Joanna Christie, John Dexter, John Napier (designer), Kate Mulgrew, Leonard Nimoy, Marian Seldes, Michael Jayston, New York Drama Critics' Circle, Outer Critics Circle Award, Peter Firth, ..., Peter Shaffer, Psychiatrist, Richard Burton, Richard Griffiths, Royal National Theatre, Sacrifice, Sexual attraction, Sidney Lumet, Suffolk, T. Ryder Smith, The Onion, The Young and the Restless characters (1980s), Thea Sharrock, Theatre World Award, Tom Hulce, Tony Award, Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play, Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play, Tony Award for Best Lighting Design, Tony Award for Best Play, Turner Classic Movies. Expand index (22 more) »

Adesola Osakalumi

Adesola Osakalumi (born in The Bronx, New York) is an American actor, choreographer, singer, and dancer whose talents have garnered him successes in film, television, and stage.

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Alec McCowen

Alexander Duncan McCowen, (26 May 1925 – 6 February 2017) was an English actor.

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Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece was a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history from the Greek Dark Ages of the 13th–9th centuries BC to the end of antiquity (AD 600).

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Andy Phillips

George Andrew "Andy" Phillips (born April 6, 1977) is the current assistant coach for The University of Alabama's baseball team.

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Anna Camp

Anna Ragsdale Camp (born September 27, 1982) is an American actress and singer.

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Anthony Hopkins

Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins (born 31 December 1937), better known as Anthony Hopkins, is a Welsh actor, widely considered to be one of the world's greatest living actors.

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Anthony Perkins

Anthony Perkins (April 4, 1932 – September 12, 1992) was an American actor and singer.

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Apollonian and Dionysian

The Apollonian and Dionysian is a philosophical and literary concept, or dichotomy, loosely based on Apollo and Dionysus in Greek mythology.

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Baltimore

Baltimore is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland, and the 30th-most populous city in the United States.

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Brad Mays

Brad Mays (born May 30, 1955) is an independent filmmaker and stage director, living and working in Los Angeles, California.

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Broadhurst Theatre

The Broadhurst Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 235 West 44th Street in Midtown Manhattan.

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Carolyn McCormick

Carolyn Inez McCormick (born September 19, 1959) is an American actress best known for her role as Dr. Elizabeth Olivet in the ''Law & Order'' franchise.

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Charles S. Dutton

Charles Stanley Dutton (born January 30, 1951) is an American stage, film, and television actor and director, best known for his roles as "Fortune" in the film Rudy, "Dillon" in Alien 3, and the title role in the television sitcom Roc which originally ran on the Fox network from 1991 until 1994.

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Child and adolescent psychiatry

Child and adolescent psychiatry or pediatric psychiatry is a branch of psychiatry that focuses on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders in children, adolescents, and their families.

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Clive Hicks-Jenkins

Clive Hicks-Jenkins (born 1951) is a British artist known especially for narrative paintings and artist’s books.

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Colin Blakely

Colin George Blakely (23 September 1930 – 7 May 1987) was a Northern Irish character actor.

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Crucifixion

Crucifixion is a method of capital punishment in which the victim is tied or nailed to a large wooden beam and left to hang for several days until eventual death from exhaustion and asphyxiation.

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Dai Bradley

David "Dai" Bradley (born 27 September 1953) is an English actor who became well known for his first time role of Billy Casper in the critically acclaimed 1969 film Kes, directed by Ken Loach.

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Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Jacob Radcliffe (born 23 July 1989) is an English actor and producer best known for his role as Harry Potter in the film series of the same name.

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David Pugh and Dafydd Rogers

David Pugh and Dafydd Rogers (born 14 May 1959) and (born 5 May 1969), are two West End and Broadway theatre producers.

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Deity

A deity is a supernatural being considered divine or sacred.

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Drama Desk Award

The Drama Desk Awards are presented annually and were first awarded in 1955 to recognize excellence in New York theatre productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway.

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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions.

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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions.

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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions.

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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions.

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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions.

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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions.

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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions.

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Eileen Atkins

Dame Eileen June Atkins, (born 16 June 1934) is an English actress and occasional screenwriter.

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Equus (film)

Equus is a 1977 British-U.S. drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and written by Peter Shaffer, based on his play of the same name.

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Frances Sternhagen

Frances Hussey Sternhagen (born January 13, 1930) is an American actress.

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Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre

The Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre is a Broadway theatre, previously known as the Plymouth Theatre, located at 236 West 45th Street (George Abbott Way) in midtown Manhattan and renamed in 2005 in honor of Gerald Schoenfeld.

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Gielgud Theatre

The Gielgud Theatre is a West End theatre, located on Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster, London, at the corner of Rupert Street.

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Harry Potter (character)

Harry James Potter is the title character and protagonist of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.

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Harry Potter (film series)

Harry Potter is a British-American film series based on the Harry Potter novels by author J. K. Rowling.

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Hayes Theater

Hayes Theater, (initially known as the Little Theatre and Helen Hayes Theatre), is a Broadway theatre located at 240 West 44th Street in Midtown Manhattan.

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Homer

Homer (Ὅμηρος, Hómēros) is the name ascribed by the ancient Greeks to the legendary author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are the central works of ancient Greek literature.

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Jenny Agutter

Jennifer Ann Agutter (born 20 December 1952) is a British actress.

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Joan Plowright

Joan Ann Olivier, Baroness Olivier, DBE (née Plowright; born 28 October 1929), commonly known as Dame Joan Plowright, is an English retired actress whose career has spanned over six decades.

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Joanna Christie

Joanna Lauren Christie (born 10 April 1982), Mark Shenton, Broadway.com in London, 6 April 200 is an English actress and singer.

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John Dexter

John Dexter (2 August 1925 – 23 March 1990) was an English theatre, opera and film director.

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John Napier (designer)

John Napier (born 1 March 1944) is a set designer for Broadway and London theatrical performances.

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Kate Mulgrew

Katherine Kiernan Maria Mulgrew (born April 29, 1955) is an American actress.

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Leonard Nimoy

Leonard Simon Nimoy (March 26, 1931 – February 27, 2015) was an American actor, film director, photographer, author, singer and songwriter.

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Marian Seldes

Marian Hall Seldes (August 23, 1928 – October 6, 2014) was an American stage, film, radio, and television actress whose career spanned over 60 years.

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Michael Jayston

Michael James (born 29 October 1935), known professionally as Michael Jayston, is an English actor.

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New York Drama Critics' Circle

The New York Drama Critics' Circle is made up of 19 drama critics from daily newspapers, magazines and wire services based in the New York City metropolitan area.

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Outer Critics Circle Award

The Outer Critics Circle Awards are presented annually for theatrical achievements both on Broadway and Off-Broadway.

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Peter Firth

Peter Macintosh Firth (born 27 October 1953) is an English actor.

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Peter Shaffer

Sir Peter Levin Shaffer, CBE (15 May 1926 – 6 June 2016) was an English playwright and screenwriter of numerous award-winning plays, of which several have been turned into films.

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Psychiatrist

A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry, the branch of medicine devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, study, and treatment of mental disorders.

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Richard Burton

Richard Burton, CBE (born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.; 10 November 19255 August 1984) was a Welsh actor.

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Richard Griffiths

Richard Thomas Griffiths, OBE (31 July 1947 – 28 March 2013) was an English actor of film, television, and stage.

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Royal National Theatre

The Royal National Theatre in London, commonly known as the National Theatre (NT) is one of the United Kingdom's three most prominent publicly funded performing arts venues, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Opera House.

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Sacrifice

Sacrifice is the offering of food, objects or the lives of animals to a higher purpose, in particular divine beings, as an act of propitiation or worship.

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Sexual attraction

Sexual attraction is attraction on the basis of sexual desire or the quality of arousing such interest.

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Sidney Lumet

Sidney Arthur Lumet (June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011) was an American director, producer, and screenwriter with over 50 films to his credit.

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Suffolk

Suffolk is an East Anglian county of historic origin in England.

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T. Ryder Smith

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The Onion

The Onion is an American digital media company and news satire organization that publishes articles on international, national, and local news.

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The Young and the Restless characters (1980s)

A list of notable characters from the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless that significantly impacted storylines and debuted between January 1980 and December 1989.

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Thea Sharrock

Thea Sharrock (born 1976) is an English theatre and film director.

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Theatre World Award

The Theatre World Award is an American honor presented annually to actors and actresses in recognition of an outstanding New York City stage debut performance, either on Broadway or off-Broadway.

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Tom Hulce

Thomas Edward "Tom" Hulce (born December 6, 1953) is an American actor, singer and theater producer.

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Tony Award

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre.

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Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play

The Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play is an honor presented at the Tony Awards, a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, to actors for quality leading roles in a Broadway play.

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Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play

The Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play has been given since 1960.

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Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play

The Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play is an honor presented at the Tony Awards, a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, to actresses for quality supporting roles in a Broadway play.

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Tony Award for Best Lighting Design

This is a list of winners and nominations for the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design for outstanding lighting design of a play or musical.

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Tony Award for Best Play

The Tony Award for Best Play (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theatre, including musical theatre, honoring productions on Broadway in New York City.

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Turner Classic Movies

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is an American movie-oriented pay-TV network operated by Turner Broadcasting System. Launched in 1994, TCM is headquartered at Turner's Techwood broadcasting campus in the Midtown business district of Atlanta, Georgia. Historically, the channel's programming consisted mainly of classic theatrically released feature films from the Turner Entertainment film library – which comprises films from Warner Bros. Pictures (covering films released before 1950) and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (covering films released before May 1986). However, TCM now has licensing deals with other Hollywood film studios as well as its WarnerMedia sister company, Warner Bros. (which now controls the Turner Entertainment library and its own later films), and occasionally shows more recent films. The channel is available in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Latin America, France, Spain, the Nordic countries, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equus_(play)

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