While on our Euro Trip, the merry band take a sobering stop on the path of madness. We went to see Equus, a play written by Peter Shaffer back in 1973. This play has seen a revival on the London stage. Originally this was produced back in the 1970’s as a Broadway play and a movie. The play is about a disturbed young man named Alan Strang, played by Daniel Radcliffe, who mutilates six horses for apparently no reason. He is sent to a mental institution for evaluation by a psychiatrist named Dysart, played by Richard Griffiths. The play is performed on a stark, round stage that uses lighting and shapes to convey the setting.

We take a look at the play and the meanings behind the disturbing images that were presented in the two-hour performance. Listen in on what we saw and how we deciphered the images before us…

http://www.equustheplay.com

(The audio file is rough, unedited and possibly offensive…)