Hi All,
I recently saw Equus at the Gielgud Theatre in London. There was a
part of the dialogue I was particularly intrigued by, when Hesther
(played by Jenny Agutter) is talking to Dysart (played by Richard
Griffiths) about why the end of childhood innocence and imagination is
inevitable. I was intrigued because she seemed to be saying the same
thing that the angel Xaphania says to Lyra at the end of Philip
Pullman's book The Amber Spyglass, but in a way I found more
convincing. Anyway, I brought the Equus script (in the Penguin classic
imprint) so that I could study the passage in more detail. But it is
not in the play! I knew from the programme notes that Shaffer changed
the play a bit to remove anachronistic dialogue (e.g. "swizz" became
"con"), but I'm surprised more substantial dialogue was added. How
would I go about getting a copy of the script used in the current
revival? I've no idea who to contact or how to contact them, or if
there are any libraries etc that carry actual scripts used in specific
productions. Does anyone know how I'd get this script?
Cheers,
Tim.
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