ALAN DYSART DORA FRANK HESTHER JILL NUGGET/
EQUUS/
CHORUS
Dysart’s Present in a dim, Performs a monologue She enters Present in the dim
opening light square of about Alan and afterwards, spotlight with
monologue spotlight, embracing Nugget, and addresses introducing the Alan, being
Nugget themes of anti circumstances of embraced.
psychiatry. Alan Strang.
Dysart’s Greek ritualistic dream, Perform the
sacrificing where he slits children dream, playing the
children down the middle. children and the
surgical assistants.
Introductio We learn that his Analyses the Strang Does not hold much He is evidentially Present in this
n to Dora father did not allow parents. parental authority of controlling of what moment, speaking
and Frank him to watch the voice of her Alan consumes in to Dysart about the
television. husband on matters the media, and is political beliefs of
of discipline and against religious the Strang parents.
belief. belief.
The horse Involved in the Talks with Dora about Discusses how she Comes into the
poster flashback with his the poster of the horse used to read Alan a scene after the
overlooking mother about the and the book Prince. book about a horse discussion of the
the gate horse Prince, which called Prince, which horse poster. He
only one man can nobody else could seems strangely
ride. ride. She also says uninterested. It is
that the pagans also revealed that
thought a horse and he deeply
rider were one disapproves of
person. religion.
The He was six years old, Encourages Alan to Asks Alan to get Pulls Alan down A chorus member
memory of where he first ever relieve his first down from the from the horse, would play the
the beach made contact with a encounter with a horse. horse. She holds causing him to fall Horseman and