It was a great play, well staged.
We sat three rows back from the stage, the seats were very good,we were right n the thick of the action.
It was the story of a psychiatrist who is given the case of 17 year old Alan Strang, who is in the psyche unit because one night he 'blinded' six horses.
The play was Equus.
I dimly remembered the movie made back in the 70's with Richard Burton, I remember my embarrassment of when Peter Firth rode the horse naked.
I watched it with the rest of the family.
At the time I didn't 'get' the movie, but I 'got' the play.
Richard Griffith's was superb as the psychiatrist, his envy at Strang's passion for horses -a passion he has never known himself - and his almost regret that he will 'cure' Strang but destroy his spirit.
Daniel Radcliffe was also good, portrsaying the young troubled lad very well but the true revelation of the night was the portrayal of the horses.
6 actors in tight brown velvet, on high metal hooves and wearing a horse like head piece fashioned out of silver and chrome.
They gave you the illusion that there were horses on the stage, their portrayed the raw nature and nobility almost effortlessly.
It was a good play.
And now I want to revisit the movie.
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