SOURCE: "Shaffer's Variation on a Theme," in The Times, London, 27 July 1973, p. 15.
Equus debuted 26 July 1973 in a National Theatre production directed by John Dexter at London's Old Vic Theatre. In the following mixed review of the premiere, Wardle finds the play rather calculated and forced.
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