Equus by Peter Shaffer | Resources

Equus Further Reading

Contemporary Literary Criticism, Gale: Volume 5, Volume 14, Volume 18, Volume 37, Volume 60.

This resource compiles selections of criticism; it is an excellent starting point for a research paper about Shaffer. The selections in these five volumes span Shaffer's career. For an overview of Shaffer's life, see the entry on him in Volume 13 of the Dictionary of Literary Biography. Also see Volume 7 of Gale's Drama Criticism.

Cooke, Virginia, and Malcom Page, compilers. File on Shaffer, Methuen, 1987.

This slim but excellent resource reprints excerpts from a wide variety of sources (reviews, interviews, etc.). It also includes a chronology of works, production, and publication data as well as information on Shaffer's non-theatrical works.

Eberle, Thomas. Peter Shaffer: An Annotated Bibliography, Garland, 1991.

A resource intended to serve the needs of both teachers/students of dramatic literature and theatre professionals. Organized with each major play...
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