EQUUS CLASS READING
All scenes marked * will be read and discussed in class
ACT /
SCENE
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SUMMARY
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ACT 1
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1
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*Dysart reveals his dissatisfaction
with his career/life – admiration for Alan
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2
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*Dysart and Hester – tells him
about the case asks him to take Alan on as a patient
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3
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*Dysart meets Alan
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4
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Nurse and Alan
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5
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*Dysart’s dream – carving children
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6
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with Hester – flashbacks with
nurse, Dora & Frank, Alan’s nightmares
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7
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*at Dora and Frank’s home. Meeting
with Dora – Alan as a child – Frank [secular/religious divisions]
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8
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Alan nightmare – Dysart watches
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9
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Dysart asks questions and Alan
provocative challenging defensive
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10
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*On the beach – Alan meets Trojan
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11
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Dora visits Dysart: - Two pictures
– Christ and Equus
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12
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Dysart and Dalton
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13
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*Alan’s
tape recording
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14
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*Frank
visits Dysart – ‘Chinkle-chankle’
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15
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Alan tells
Dysart about work – meets Jill
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16
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Alan tells
Dysart at the stables - introduction
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17
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Dysart
Alan confrontation
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18
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Dysart and
Hester – D’s marriage
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19
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*Hypnosis the night rituals
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20
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*Alan
takes Nugget to thefield
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21
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* Riding
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ACT 2
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22
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Dora visits Alan conflict row
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23
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Dora’s monologue and talk with
Dysart
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24
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Dysart and
Alan interview
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25
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Dysart and Hester discuss
treatments and treatment motives /
objectives
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26
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*Night: Letter from Alan to Dysart
– Dysart prepares meeting with Alan
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27
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*Dysart gives Alan a placebo /
truth drug. Dysart asks about Jill
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28
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*Alan tells Dysart about Jill
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29
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*The cinema Alan and Jill see Frank
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30
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*Outside the cinema – they talk
uncomfortably
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31
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*Jill and Alan outside – alone
walking and talking – decide to go to Stables
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32
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*Alan reluctant to go to stables –
the horses
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33
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*At the stables – Alan terrified /
naked tells Jill to leave / failed sexual act
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34
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*Alan alone in barn – stabs the
horses eyes out
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35
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*– some interruption from Hester. Questions
what he has done to Alan
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