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[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Trudy, or any other theatre history people, who played the lead, the patient, in Equus, when Peter Finch played the psychiatrist? And was that the first time the play was mounted on Broadway?
And sorry, I seem to be extra-ADD today--WooHOo to the front-row seats!
is it OK to congratulate her on her pregnancy or do you always have to wait for the momma to break the news?
A dear friend of DH's took him outside to ask him privately because he didn't dare ask me if I was preggers despite the dorky maternity top. Sweet thing didn't want to take any chances.
{{vw}} and Arrrrrr, ya be fine matey, good job keeping on top of the potions.
I'M GOING TO SEE EQUUS!!!!!
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Bev, Anthony Hopkins, and yes, that was the Broadway premiere.
And was that the first time the play was mounted on Broadway?
Um. I am having a case of the twelve year old's today because Equus being mounted is making me laugh and laugh and laugh. I only remember Anthony Perkins playing the physch, unfortunately, and google was no help.
Bev, I got mixed up. Peter Firth played the boy, and Hopkins played the psych. [link]
Ye of little Wikipedia...
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The play was originally staged at the Royal National Theatre at the Old Vic in London in 1973. It was directed by John Dexter and starred Alec McCowen as psychiatrist Martin Dysart and Peter Firth as Alan Strang, the young patient. In 1976 it transferred to the Albery Theatre with Colin Blakely playing Dysart. It was also presented on Broadway at the Plymouth Theatre with Anthony Hopkins and Peter Firth.
Later on, Tom Hulce played the role of Alan Strang, and Anthony Perkins replaced Hopkins as Martin Dysart. Perkins was briefly replaced by Richard Burton for the star's return to Broadway for a limited run. Perkins resumed the part when Burton's run ended. Other actors to play Dysart in the Broadway production were Leonard Nimoy and McCowen.
The play received a Tony Award for Best Play in 1975 and for John Dexter's direction. Firth was nominated for Best Actor but lost the award to John Kani and Winston Ntshona for the double bill of Sizwe Banzi is Dead and The Island.
I skipped right over Anthony Hopkins because I was reading it Anthony Perkins!
Thanks guys. And I apologize for the unfortunate verb! Yah, Firth, not Finch.
And I know you know this but being on the dose you need is not failure! It's taking care of yourself.
So very much this, vw.