# "Harry Potter" to play Alan Strang in Equus

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**Created:** [September 9, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-to-play-alan-strang-in-equus/372090 "2006-09-09T21:09:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-to-play-alan-strang-in-equus/372090/1 "2006-09-09T21:09:02Z")

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> **[Equus (play)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equus_%28play%29)**
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> Equus is a play by Peter Shaffer written in 1973, telling the story of a psychiatrist who attempts to treat a young man who has a pathological religious fascination with horses.
> Shaffer was inspired to write Equus when he heard of a crime involving a 17-year-old who blinded six horses in a small town in Suffolk, England. He set out to construct a fictional account of what might have caused the incident, without knowing any of the details of the crime. The play's action is something of a detec...

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I just thought that was heads-up-worthy. 🙂

-FrL-

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**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-to-play-alan-strang-in-equus/372090/2 "2006-09-10T02:18:59Z")

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Intersting. Now can you imagine an _American_ theatre company getting away with having a 17 year old boy completely nude on-stage and faking an orgasm.