In message <1177408223.345629.103410@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Tim
Regan <dumbledad@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes
>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?
>
Don't know about scripts in general but I can ask "Hesther" about that
one in particular next time I speak to her.
--
Philip Powell
Looking north across the Derwent Valley and Northumberland
to The Cheviot
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