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Comment on the effectiveness of this extract from British playwright Peter Shaffer's Equus (1973), as the opening of a play. You may wish to consider stage directions, lighting, characterization and the use of suspense.
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Comment on the effectiveness of this extract from British playwright Peter Shaffer's Equus (1973), as the opening of a play. You may wish to consider stage directions, lighting, characterization and the use of suspense. Peter Shaffer's Equus has a critically significant opening that helps to shape the underlying themes and atmosphere of the play. The extract makes use of the elaborate stage directions and effects to create an atmosphere of suspense, thus enabling the opening to be effective in capturing the audiences' attention. Elaborate stage directions before the opening of the play tells us that the scene is to be set in total darkness and silence. These two aspects are usually associated with suspense and mystery, enabling the audience to be satisfactorily interested. The opening scene is already enshrouded in a peculiar aura and the next stage direction calling for dim light to be slowly lit up on the square...
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