AS LITERATURE STAGE COSTUME HORSE

Here are some photographs I found on the internet showing the set design and costumes for the play Equus. What kind of effect do you think these features of stage craft have on an audience? On you?



An empty set for a production of Equus



A set and characters - horses and Alan
Characters are on stage for the whole of the play even if they are not performing. You can see the off stage characters here sitting in an ailse backstage right



Another set design for Equus
Even though the set design descriptions are quite specific designers have constructed a variety of ways of creating a look for the set.

Horse and mask



Horses and characters on stage



Alan astride Nugget - Alan is sitting on the shoulders of an actor wearing a horse head mask.