Equus Chapter Summary & Analysis - Act 1, Scenes 15, 16, 17 and 18 Summary

Act 1, Scenes 15, 16, 17 and 18 Summary

In these four scenes, the competition between Dysart and Alan for both information and power deepens and intensifies.

Scene 15 - Dysart welcomes Alan into his office and thanks him for the tape. Alan says he's not making any more, and also denies he ever said the horse spoke to him (Scene 13). When Dysart asks who first took him to the stables (already knowing it was Jill) Alan evades the question, saying it was someone who he served at the small appliance shop where he worked. From the sidelines, other actors shout out comments and questions of angry customers Alan resentfully served. Their comments are full of references to particular brand names - Philco, Remington, etc. The entrance of Jill, who asks Alan if he can help her find any blades for horse clippers, interrupts the customers. As they look, Jill tells him she recognizes him as the boy...
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