Why did a teenage boy who literally worships horses commit the unspeakable act of blinding six of them? That is the mystery psychiatrist Martin Dysart must unravel in order to help his disturbed young ...

This summer, Jeremy Seghers will direct Peter Shaffer's psychological drama "Equus." Inspired by actual events, the play tells the story of Dr. Martin Dysart, a psychiatrist, who attempts to treat a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Peter Shaffer, Oscar-Winning Playwright of ‘Equus’ and ‘Amadeus,’ Dies at 90 Peter Shaffer, the Oscar-winning playwright whose ...

A haunted and haunting lead performance by the excellent Sean William Kelly drives AstonRep Theatre Company’s solid and moving production of Equus, the 1973 drama by British playwright Peter Shaffer ...

The District’s Constellation Theatre Company has admirably staged one of the most wrenching plays of the 20th century, putting a new spin on the incomparable Peter Shaffer’s tragic “Equus,” which ...

I first interviewed Peter Shaffer in 1990 when he was about to open his play “Lettice and Lovage,” starring a delightfully daffy Maggie Smith, on Broadway. I’d been a fan of Shaffer’s plays ever since ...

On the eve of the first—and highly publicized—Broadway revival of "Equus," Broadway.com tunes out all that Harry-Potter-in-the-buff racket and recounts the history of Peter Shaffer's audacious drama.

NEW YORK — Peter Shaffer, a leading British playwright whose Tony-winning dramas “Equus” and “Amadeus” explored the male psyche through the entwined anguish of dual protagonists, died Monday in County ...

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Considering that its attractions include a totally naked Harry Potter and the first New York stage appearance by Richard Griffiths since his Tony-winning turn in "The ...

Sir Peter Shaffer, the English playwright and screenwriter who scored an Oscar for Amadeus and a nomination for Equus, died today in a hospice in County Cork, Ireland. He was 90. Shaffer wrote at ...

Sir Peter Shaffer, the beloved British playwright who penned “Amadeus” and “Equus,” died Monday morning after falling ill last week. He was 90. The master writer, who earned two Tony Awards and an ...