Playwright Peter Shaffer, whose durable, award-winning hits included "Equus" and "Amadeus," has died at the age of 90. Shaffer's agent, Rupert Lord, says Shaffer died Monday while on a visit to ...

Toby Stephens will play Dr Martin Dysart in a revival of Equus by Peter Shaffer, directed by Lindsay Posner, at the Menier Chocolate Factory. The production is a co-production with Theatre Royal Bath ...

2009 Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Costume Design John Napier 2009 Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Lighting Design David Hersey 2009 Tony Awards Best Lighting Design of a Play David ...

When Equus, a 1974 play by Peter Shaffer, returned to Broadway in 2008 after a successful revival in London, the sensation surrounding the stage debut of movie star Daniel Radcliffe—Harry Potter! Nude ...

Peter Shaffer was an English playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He wrote numerous award-winning plays, most notably Equus and Amadeus, of which several were adapted into films.

Peter Shaffer's Equus starts with the stark news that a young man has blinded six horses — and the wild ride deep into his psyche easily sustains the play through to its conclusion. In Promethean ...

Peter Shaffer's Equus is an incredibly challenging play in which sex, religion, morality, family, society, psychology and the law collide with dramatic fury. The playwright imbues his work with a ...

One of the highlights of many seasons occurred last night, the opening night of Peter Shaffer's compassionate and challenging "Equus" at the tiny Blackbird Theatre in Ann Arbor. Making her directorial ...