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Equus July 18th Taliesin Arts Centre Martin Dysart, child psychiatrist, is on a quest to discover why a confused, passionate 17 year old boy named Alan, has savagely blinded six horses with a spike. The discovery of this forms Peter Shaffer's brutal play "Equus". "Equus", meaning horse in Latin, was performed by West Glamorgan Youth Theatre Company and directed by Nick Evans. Although written in the 1970's many of the issues raised are highly relevant to today's audience. The emotional impact of the play remains intact and continues to intrigue and mystify its audiences as powerfully as it did in the mid-seventies, if not more so. Alan Strang, played by Jordan Piles, is the only son of an opinionated but inwardly-timid father and a genteel, religious mother (Vanessa Downing). He has been sent to a psychiatric hospital by Hesther Salomon after blinding six horses with a metal spike. Hesther convinces Dr....

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