Hi All,

I recently saw Equus at the Gielgud Theatre in London. There was a
part of the dialogue I was particularly intrigued by, when Hesther
(played by Jenny Agutter) is talking to Dysart (played by Richard
Griffiths) about why the end of childhood innocence and imagination is
inevitable. I was intrigued because she seemed to be saying the same
thing that the angel Xaphania says to Lyra at the end of Philip
Pullman's book The Amber Spyglass, but in a way I found more
convincing. Anyway, I brought the Equus script (in the Penguin classic
imprint) so that I could study the passage in more detail. But it is
not in the play! I knew from the programme notes that Shaffer changed
the play a bit to remove anachronistic dialogue (e.g. "swizz" became
"con"), but I'm surprised more substantial dialogue was added. How
would I go about getting a copy of the script used in the current
revival? I've no idea who to contact or how to contact them, or if
there are any libraries etc that carry actual scripts used in specific
productions. Does anyone know how I'd get this script?

Cheers,

Tim.

In message , Tim 
Regan  writes
>Hi All,
>
>I recently saw Equus at the Gielgud Theatre in London. There was a
>part of the dialogue I was particularly intrigued by, when Hesther
>(played by Jenny Agutter) is talking to Dysart (played by Richard
>Griffiths) about why the end of childhood innocence and imagination is
>inevitable. I was intrigued because she seemed to be saying the same
>thing that the angel Xaphania says to Lyra at the end of Philip
>Pullman's book The Amber Spyglass, but in a way I found more
>convincing. Anyway, I brought the Equus script (in the Penguin classic
>imprint) so that I could study the passage in more detail. But it is
>not in the play! I knew from the programme notes that Shaffer changed
>the play a bit to remove anachronistic dialogue (e.g. "swizz" became
>"con"), but I'm surprised more substantial dialogue was added. How
>would I go about getting a copy of the script used in the current
>revival? I've no idea who to contact or how to contact them, or if
>there are any libraries etc that carry actual scripts used in specific
>productions. Does anyone know how I'd get this script?
>

Don't know about scripts in general but I can ask "Hesther" about that 
one in particular next time I speak to her.
-- 
Philip Powell
Looking north across the Derwent Valley and Northumberland
to The Cheviot

In message , Tim 
Regan  writes
>Hi All,
>
>I recently saw Equus at the Gielgud Theatre in London. There was a
>part of the dialogue I was particularly intrigued by, when Hesther
>(played by Jenny Agutter) is talking to Dysart (played by Richard
>Griffiths) about why the end of childhood innocence and imagination is
>inevitable. I was intrigued because she seemed to be saying the same
>thing that the angel Xaphania says to Lyra at the end of Philip
>Pullman's book The Amber Spyglass, but in a way I found more
>convincing. Anyway, I brought the Equus script (in the Penguin classic
>imprint) so that I could study the passage in more detail. But it is
>not in the play! I knew from the programme notes that Shaffer changed
>the play a bit to remove anachronistic dialogue (e.g. "swizz" became
>"con"), but I'm surprised more substantial dialogue was added. How
>would I go about getting a copy of the script used in the current
>revival? I've no idea who to contact or how to contact them, or if
>there are any libraries etc that carry actual scripts used in specific
>productions. Does anyone know how I'd get this script?
>

Don't know about scripts in general but I can ask "Hesther" about that 
one in particular next time I speak to her.
-- 
Philip Powell
Looking north across the Derwent Valley and Northumberland
to The Cheviot

In message , Tim 
Regan  writes
>Hi All,
>
>I recently saw Equus at the Gielgud Theatre in London. There was a
>part of the dialogue I was particularly intrigued by, when Hesther
>(played by Jenny Agutter) is talking to Dysart (played by Richard
>Griffiths) about why the end of childhood innocence and imagination is
>inevitable. I was intrigued because she seemed to be saying the same
>thing that the angel Xaphania says to Lyra at the end of Philip
>Pullman's book The Amber Spyglass, but in a way I found more
>convincing. Anyway, I brought the Equus script (in the Penguin classic
>imprint) so that I could study the passage in more detail. But it is
>not in the play! I knew from the programme notes that Shaffer changed
>the play a bit to remove anachronistic dialogue (e.g. "swizz" became
>"con"), but I'm surprised more substantial dialogue was added. How
>would I go about getting a copy of the script used in the current
>revival? I've no idea who to contact or how to contact them, or if
>there are any libraries etc that carry actual scripts used in specific
>productions. Does anyone know how I'd get this script?
>

Don't know about scripts in general but I can ask "Hesther" about that 
one in particular next time I speak to her.
-- 
Philip Powell
Looking north across the Derwent Valley and Northumberland
to The Cheviot

In message , Tim 
Regan  writes
>Hi All,
>
>I recently saw Equus at the Gielgud Theatre in London. There was a
>part of the dialogue I was particularly intrigued by, when Hesther
>(played by Jenny Agutter) is talking to Dysart (played by Richard
>Griffiths) about why the end of childhood innocence and imagination is
>inevitable. I was intrigued because she seemed to be saying the same
>thing that the angel Xaphania says to Lyra at the end of Philip
>Pullman's book The Amber Spyglass, but in a way I found more
>convincing. Anyway, I brought the Equus script (in the Penguin classic
>imprint) so that I could study the passage in more detail. But it is
>not in the play! I knew from the programme notes that Shaffer changed
>the play a bit to remove anachronistic dialogue (e.g. "swizz" became
>"con"), but I'm surprised more substantial dialogue was added. How
>would I go about getting a copy of the script used in the current
>revival? I've no idea who to contact or how to contact them, or if
>there are any libraries etc that carry actual scripts used in specific
>productions. Does anyone know how I'd get this script?
>

Don't know about scripts in general but I can ask "Hesther" about that 
one in particular next time I speak to her.
-- 
Philip Powell
Looking north across the Derwent Valley and Northumberland
to The Cheviot

In message , Tim 
Regan  writes
>Hi All,
>
>I recently saw Equus at the Gielgud Theatre in London. There was a
>part of the dialogue I was particularly intrigued by, when Hesther
>(played by Jenny Agutter) is talking to Dysart (played by Richard
>Griffiths) about why the end of childhood innocence and imagination is
>inevitable. I was intrigued because she seemed to be saying the same
>thing that the angel Xaphania says to Lyra at the end of Philip
>Pullman's book The Amber Spyglass, but in a way I found more
>convincing. Anyway, I brought the Equus script (in the Penguin classic
>imprint) so that I could study the passage in more detail. But it is
>not in the play! I knew from the programme notes that Shaffer changed
>the play a bit to remove anachronistic dialogue (e.g. "swizz" became
>"con"), but I'm surprised more substantial dialogue was added. How
>would I go about getting a copy of the script used in the current
>revival? I've no idea who to contact or how to contact them, or if
>there are any libraries etc that carry actual scripts used in specific
>productions. Does anyone know how I'd get this script?
>

Don't know about scripts in general but I can ask "Hesther" about that 
one in particular next time I speak to her.
-- 
Philip Powell
Looking north across the Derwent Valley and Northumberland
to The Cheviot

In message , Tim 
Regan  writes
>Hi All,
>
>I recently saw Equus at the Gielgud Theatre in London. There was a
>part of the dialogue I was particularly intrigued by, when Hesther
>(played by Jenny Agutter) is talking to Dysart (played by Richard
>Griffiths) about why the end of childhood innocence and imagination is
>inevitable. I was intrigued because she seemed to be saying the same
>thing that the angel Xaphania says to Lyra at the end of Philip
>Pullman's book The Amber Spyglass, but in a way I found more
>convincing. Anyway, I brought the Equus script (in the Penguin classic
>imprint) so that I could study the passage in more detail. But it is
>not in the play! I knew from the programme notes that Shaffer changed
>the play a bit to remove anachronistic dialogue (e.g. "swizz" became
>"con"), but I'm surprised more substantial dialogue was added. How
>would I go about getting a copy of the script used in the current
>revival? I've no idea who to contact or how to contact them, or if
>there are any libraries etc that carry actual scripts used in specific
>productions. Does anyone know how I'd get this script?
>

Don't know about scripts in general but I can ask "Hesther" about that 
one in particular next time I speak to her.
-- 
Philip Powell
Looking north across the Derwent Valley and Northumberland
to The Cheviot

In message , Tim 
Regan  writes
>Hi All,
>
>I recently saw Equus at the Gielgud Theatre in London. There was a
>part of the dialogue I was particularly intrigued by, when Hesther
>(played by Jenny Agutter) is talking to Dysart (played by Richard
>Griffiths) about why the end of childhood innocence and imagination is
>inevitable. I was intrigued because she seemed to be saying the same
>thing that the angel Xaphania says to Lyra at the end of Philip
>Pullman's book The Amber Spyglass, but in a way I found more
>convincing. Anyway, I brought the Equus script (in the Penguin classic
>imprint) so that I could study the passage in more detail. But it is
>not in the play! I knew from the programme notes that Shaffer changed
>the play a bit to remove anachronistic dialogue (e.g. "swizz" became
>"con"), but I'm surprised more substantial dialogue was added. How
>would I go about getting a copy of the script used in the current
>revival? I've no idea who to contact or how to contact them, or if
>there are any libraries etc that carry actual scripts used in specific
>productions. Does anyone know how I'd get this script?
>

Don't know about scripts in general but I can ask "Hesther" about that 
one in particular next time I speak to her.
-- 
Philip Powell
Looking north across the Derwent Valley and Northumberland
to The Cheviot

In message , Tim 
Regan  writes
>Hi All,
>
>I recently saw Equus at the Gielgud Theatre in London. There was a
>part of the dialogue I was particularly intrigued by, when Hesther
>(played by Jenny Agutter) is talking to Dysart (played by Richard
>Griffiths) about why the end of childhood innocence and imagination is
>inevitable. I was intrigued because she seemed to be saying the same
>thing that the angel Xaphania says to Lyra at the end of Philip
>Pullman's book The Amber Spyglass, but in a way I found more
>convincing. Anyway, I brought the Equus script (in the Penguin classic
>imprint) so that I could study the passage in more detail. But it is
>not in the play! I knew from the programme notes that Shaffer changed
>the play a bit to remove anachronistic dialogue (e.g. "swizz" became
>"con"), but I'm surprised more substantial dialogue was added. How
>would I go about getting a copy of the script used in the current
>revival? I've no idea who to contact or how to contact them, or if
>there are any libraries etc that carry actual scripts used in specific
>productions. Does anyone know how I'd get this script?
>

Don't know about scripts in general but I can ask "Hesther" about that 
one in particular next time I speak to her.
-- 
Philip Powell
Looking north across the Derwent Valley and Northumberland
to The Cheviot

In message , Tim 
Regan  writes
>Hi All,
>
>I recently saw Equus at the Gielgud Theatre in London. There was a
>part of the dialogue I was particularly intrigued by, when Hesther
>(played by Jenny Agutter) is talking to Dysart (played by Richard
>Griffiths) about why the end of childhood innocence and imagination is
>inevitable. I was intrigued because she seemed to be saying the same
>thing that the angel Xaphania says to Lyra at the end of Philip
>Pullman's book The Amber Spyglass, but in a way I found more
>convincing. Anyway, I brought the Equus script (in the Penguin classic
>imprint) so that I could study the passage in more detail. But it is
>not in the play! I knew from the programme notes that Shaffer changed
>the play a bit to remove anachronistic dialogue (e.g. "swizz" became
>"con"), but I'm surprised more substantial dialogue was added. How
>would I go about getting a copy of the script used in the current
>revival? I've no idea who to contact or how to contact them, or if
>there are any libraries etc that carry actual scripts used in specific
>productions. Does anyone know how I'd get this script?
>

Don't know about scripts in general but I can ask "Hesther" about that 
one in particular next time I speak to her.
-- 
Philip Powell
Looking north across the Derwent Valley and Northumberland
to The Cheviot

In message , Tim 
Regan  writes
>Hi All,
>
>I recently saw Equus at the Gielgud Theatre in London. There was a
>part of the dialogue I was particularly intrigued by, when Hesther
>(played by Jenny Agutter) is talking to Dysart (played by Richard
>Griffiths) about why the end of childhood innocence and imagination is
>inevitable. I was intrigued because she seemed to be saying the same
>thing that the angel Xaphania says to Lyra at the end of Philip
>Pullman's book The Amber Spyglass, but in a way I found more
>convincing. Anyway, I brought the Equus script (in the Penguin classic
>imprint) so that I could study the passage in more detail. But it is
>not in the play! I knew from the programme notes that Shaffer changed
>the play a bit to remove anachronistic dialogue (e.g. "swizz" became
>"con"), but I'm surprised more substantial dialogue was added. How
>would I go about getting a copy of the script used in the current
>revival? I've no idea who to contact or how to contact them, or if
>there are any libraries etc that carry actual scripts used in specific
>productions. Does anyone know how I'd get this script?
>

Don't know about scripts in general but I can ask "Hesther" about that 
one in particular next time I speak to her.
-- 
Philip Powell
Looking north across the Derwent Valley and Northumberland
to The Cheviot

In message , Tim 
Regan  writes
>Hi All,
>
>I recently saw Equus at the Gielgud Theatre in London. There was a
>part of the dialogue I was particularly intrigued by, when Hesther
>(played by Jenny Agutter) is talking to Dysart (played by Richard
>Griffiths) about why the end of childhood innocence and imagination is
>inevitable. I was intrigued because she seemed to be saying the same
>thing that the angel Xaphania says to Lyra at the end of Philip
>Pullman's book The Amber Spyglass, but in a way I found more
>convincing. Anyway, I brought the Equus script (in the Penguin classic
>imprint) so that I could study the passage in more detail. But it is
>not in the play! I knew from the programme notes that Shaffer changed
>the play a bit to remove anachronistic dialogue (e.g. "swizz" became
>"con"), but I'm surprised more substantial dialogue was added. How
>would I go about getting a copy of the script used in the current
>revival? I've no idea who to contact or how to contact them, or if
>there are any libraries etc that carry actual scripts used in specific
>productions. Does anyone know how I'd get this script?
>

Don't know about scripts in general but I can ask "Hesther" about that 
one in particular next time I speak to her.
-- 
Philip Powell
Looking north across the Derwent Valley and Northumberland
to The Cheviot

In message , Tim 
Regan  writes
>Hi All,
>
>I recently saw Equus at the Gielgud Theatre in London. There was a
>part of the dialogue I was particularly intrigued by, when Hesther
>(played by Jenny Agutter) is talking to Dysart (played by Richard
>Griffiths) about why the end of childhood innocence and imagination is
>inevitable. I was intrigued because she seemed to be saying the same
>thing that the angel Xaphania says to Lyra at the end of Philip
>Pullman's book The Amber Spyglass, but in a way I found more
>convincing. Anyway, I brought the Equus script (in the Penguin classic
>imprint) so that I could study the passage in more detail. But it is
>not in the play! I knew from the programme notes that Shaffer changed
>the play a bit to remove anachronistic dialogue (e.g. "swizz" became
>"con"), but I'm surprised more substantial dialogue was added. How
>would I go about getting a copy of the script used in the current
>revival? I've no idea who to contact or how to contact them, or if
>there are any libraries etc that carry actual scripts used in specific
>productions. Does anyone know how I'd get this script?
>

Don't know about scripts in general but I can ask "Hesther" about that 
one in particular next time I speak to her.
-- 
Philip Powell
Looking north across the Derwent Valley and Northumberland
to The Cheviot

In message , Tim 
Regan  writes
>Hi All,
>
>I recently saw Equus at the Gielgud Theatre in London. There was a
>part of the dialogue I was particularly intrigued by, when Hesther
>(played by Jenny Agutter) is talking to Dysart (played by Richard
>Griffiths) about why the end of childhood innocence and imagination is
>inevitable. I was intrigued because she seemed to be saying the same
>thing that the angel Xaphania says to Lyra at the end of Philip
>Pullman's book The Amber Spyglass, but in a way I found more
>convincing. Anyway, I brought the Equus script (in the Penguin classic
>imprint) so that I could study the passage in more detail. But it is
>not in the play! I knew from the programme notes that Shaffer changed
>the play a bit to remove anachronistic dialogue (e.g. "swizz" became
>"con"), but I'm surprised more substantial dialogue was added. How
>would I go about getting a copy of the script used in the current
>revival? I've no idea who to contact or how to contact them, or if
>there are any libraries etc that carry actual scripts used in specific
>productions. Does anyone know how I'd get this script?
>

Don't know about scripts in general but I can ask "Hesther" about that 
one in particular next time I speak to her.
-- 
Philip Powell
Looking north across the Derwent Valley and Northumberland
to The Cheviot

In message , Tim 
Regan  writes
>Hi All,
>
>I recently saw Equus at the Gielgud Theatre in London. There was a
>part of the dialogue I was particularly intrigued by, when Hesther
>(played by Jenny Agutter) is talking to Dysart (played by Richard
>Griffiths) about why the end of childhood innocence and imagination is
>inevitable. I was intrigued because she seemed to be saying the same
>thing that the angel Xaphania says to Lyra at the end of Philip
>Pullman's book The Amber Spyglass, but in a way I found more
>convincing. Anyway, I brought the Equus script (in the Penguin classic
>imprint) so that I could study the passage in more detail. But it is
>not in the play! I knew from the programme notes that Shaffer changed
>the play a bit to remove anachronistic dialogue (e.g. "swizz" became
>"con"), but I'm surprised more substantial dialogue was added. How
>would I go about getting a copy of the script used in the current
>revival? I've no idea who to contact or how to contact them, or if
>there are any libraries etc that carry actual scripts used in specific
>productions. Does anyone know how I'd get this script?
>

Don't know about scripts in general but I can ask "Hesther" about that 
one in particular next time I speak to her.
-- 
Philip Powell
Looking north across the Derwent Valley and Northumberland
to The Cheviot

In message , Tim 
Regan  writes
>Hi All,
>
>I recently saw Equus at the Gielgud Theatre in London. There was a
>part of the dialogue I was particularly intrigued by, when Hesther
>(played by Jenny Agutter) is talking to Dysart (played by Richard
>Griffiths) about why the end of childhood innocence and imagination is
>inevitable. I was intrigued because she seemed to be saying the same
>thing that the angel Xaphania says to Lyra at the end of Philip
>Pullman's book The Amber Spyglass, but in a way I found more
>convincing. Anyway, I brought the Equus script (in the Penguin classic
>imprint) so that I could study the passage in more detail. But it is
>not in the play! I knew from the programme notes that Shaffer changed
>the play a bit to remove anachronistic dialogue (e.g. "swizz" became
>"con"), but I'm surprised more substantial dialogue was added. How
>would I go about getting a copy of the script used in the current
>revival? I've no idea who to contact or how to contact them, or if
>there are any libraries etc that carry actual scripts used in specific
>productions. Does anyone know how I'd get this script?
>

Don't know about scripts in general but I can ask "Hesther" about that 
one in particular next time I speak to her.
-- 
Philip Powell
Looking north across the Derwent Valley and Northumberland
to The Cheviot

In message , Tim 
Regan  writes
>Hi All,
>
>I recently saw Equus at the Gielgud Theatre in London. There was a
>part of the dialogue I was particularly intrigued by, when Hesther
>(played by Jenny Agutter) is talking to Dysart (played by Richard
>Griffiths) about why the end of childhood innocence and imagination is
>inevitable. I was intrigued because she seemed to be saying the same
>thing that the angel Xaphania says to Lyra at the end of Philip
>Pullman's book The Amber Spyglass, but in a way I found more
>convincing. Anyway, I brought the Equus script (in the Penguin classic
>imprint) so that I could study the passage in more detail. But it is
>not in the play! I knew from the programme notes that Shaffer changed
>the play a bit to remove anachronistic dialogue (e.g. "swizz" became
>"con"), but I'm surprised more substantial dialogue was added. How
>would I go about getting a copy of the script used in the current
>revival? I've no idea who to contact or how to contact them, or if
>there are any libraries etc that carry actual scripts used in specific
>productions. Does anyone know how I'd get this script?
>

Don't know about scripts in general but I can ask "Hesther" about that 
one in particular next time I speak to her.
-- 
Philip Powell
Looking north across the Derwent Valley and Northumberland
to The Cheviot

In message , Tim 
Regan  writes
>Hi All,
>
>I recently saw Equus at the Gielgud Theatre in London. There was a
>part of the dialogue I was particularly intrigued by, when Hesther
>(played by Jenny Agutter) is talking to Dysart (played by Richard
>Griffiths) about why the end of childhood innocence and imagination is
>inevitable. I was intrigued because she seemed to be saying the same
>thing that the angel Xaphania says to Lyra at the end of Philip
>Pullman's book The Amber Spyglass, but in a way I found more
>convincing. Anyway, I brought the Equus script (in the Penguin classic
>imprint) so that I could study the passage in more detail. But it is
>not in the play! I knew from the programme notes that Shaffer changed
>the play a bit to remove anachronistic dialogue (e.g. "swizz" became
>"con"), but I'm surprised more substantial dialogue was added. How
>would I go about getting a copy of the script used in the current
>revival? I've no idea who to contact or how to contact them, or if
>there are any libraries etc that carry actual scripts used in specific
>productions. Does anyone know how I'd get this script?
>

Don't know about scripts in general but I can ask "Hesther" about that 
one in particular next time I speak to her.
-- 
Philip Powell
Looking north across the Derwent Valley and Northumberland
to The Cheviot

In message , Tim 
Regan  writes
>Hi All,
>
>I recently saw Equus at the Gielgud Theatre in London. There was a
>part of the dialogue I was particularly intrigued by, when Hesther
>(played by Jenny Agutter) is talking to Dysart (played by Richard
>Griffiths) about why the end of childhood innocence and imagination is
>inevitable. I was intrigued because she seemed to be saying the same
>thing that the angel Xaphania says to Lyra at the end of Philip
>Pullman's book The Amber Spyglass, but in a way I found more
>convincing. Anyway, I brought the Equus script (in the Penguin classic
>imprint) so that I could study the passage in more detail. But it is
>not in the play! I knew from the programme notes that Shaffer changed
>the play a bit to remove anachronistic dialogue (e.g. "swizz" became
>"con"), but I'm surprised more substantial dialogue was added. How
>would I go about getting a copy of the script used in the current
>revival? I've no idea who to contact or how to contact them, or if
>there are any libraries etc that carry actual scripts used in specific
>productions. Does anyone know how I'd get this script?
>

Don't know about scripts in general but I can ask "Hesther" about that 
one in particular next time I speak to her.
-- 
Philip Powell
Looking north across the Derwent Valley and Northumberland
to The Cheviot

In message , Tim 
Regan  writes
>Hi All,
>
>I recently saw Equus at the Gielgud Theatre in London. There was a
>part of the dialogue I was particularly intrigued by, when Hesther
>(played by Jenny Agutter) is talking to Dysart (played by Richard
>Griffiths) about why the end of childhood innocence and imagination is
>inevitable. I was intrigued because she seemed to be saying the same
>thing that the angel Xaphania says to Lyra at the end of Philip
>Pullman's book The Amber Spyglass, but in a way I found more
>convincing. Anyway, I brought the Equus script (in the Penguin classic
>imprint) so that I could study the passage in more detail. But it is
>not in the play! I knew from the programme notes that Shaffer changed
>the play a bit to remove anachronistic dialogue (e.g. "swizz" became
>"con"), but I'm surprised more substantial dialogue was added. How
>would I go about getting a copy of the script used in the current
>revival? I've no idea who to contact or how to contact them, or if
>there are any libraries etc that carry actual scripts used in specific
>productions. Does anyone know how I'd get this script?
>

Don't know about scripts in general but I can ask "Hesther" about that 
one in particular next time I speak to her.
-- 
Philip Powell
Looking north across the Derwent Valley and Northumberland
to The Cheviot

In message , Tim 
Regan  writes
>Hi All,
>
>I recently saw Equus at the Gielgud Theatre in London. There was a
>part of the dialogue I was particularly intrigued by, when Hesther
>(played by Jenny Agutter) is talking to Dysart (played by Richard
>Griffiths) about why the end of childhood innocence and imagination is
>inevitable. I was intrigued because she seemed to be saying the same
>thing that the angel Xaphania says to Lyra at the end of Philip
>Pullman's book The Amber Spyglass, but in a way I found more
>convincing. Anyway, I brought the Equus script (in the Penguin classic
>imprint) so that I could study the passage in more detail. But it is
>not in the play! I knew from the programme notes that Shaffer changed
>the play a bit to remove anachronistic dialogue (e.g. "swizz" became
>"con"), but I'm surprised more substantial dialogue was added. How
>would I go about getting a copy of the script used in the current
>revival? I've no idea who to contact or how to contact them, or if
>there are any libraries etc that carry actual scripts used in specific
>productions. Does anyone know how I'd get this script?
>

Don't know about scripts in general but I can ask "Hesther" about that 
one in particular next time I speak to her.
-- 
Philip Powell
Looking north across the Derwent Valley and Northumberland
to The Cheviot

In message , Tim 
Regan  writes
>Hi All,
>
>I recently saw Equus at the Gielgud Theatre in London. There was a
>part of the dialogue I was particularly intrigued by, when Hesther
>(played by Jenny Agutter) is talking to Dysart (played by Richard
>Griffiths) about why the end of childhood innocence and imagination is
>inevitable. I was intrigued because she seemed to be saying the same
>thing that the angel Xaphania says to Lyra at the end of Philip
>Pullman's book The Amber Spyglass, but in a way I found more
>convincing. Anyway, I brought the Equus script (in the Penguin classic
>imprint) so that I could study the passage in more detail. But it is
>not in the play! I knew from the programme notes that Shaffer changed
>the play a bit to remove anachronistic dialogue (e.g. "swizz" became
>"con"), but I'm surprised more substantial dialogue was added. How
>would I go about getting a copy of the script used in the current
>revival? I've no idea who to contact or how to contact them, or if
>there are any libraries etc that carry actual scripts used in specific
>productions. Does anyone know how I'd get this script?
>

Don't know about scripts in general but I can ask "Hesther" about that 
one in particular next time I speak to her.
-- 
Philip Powell
Looking north across the Derwent Valley and Northumberland
to The Cheviot

In message , Tim 
Regan  writes
>Hi All,
>
>I recently saw Equus at the Gielgud Theatre in London. There was a
>part of the dialogue I was particularly intrigued by, when Hesther
>(played by Jenny Agutter) is talking to Dysart (played by Richard
>Griffiths) about why the end of childhood innocence and imagination is
>inevitable. I was intrigued because she seemed to be saying the same
>thing that the angel Xaphania says to Lyra at the end of Philip
>Pullman's book The Amber Spyglass, but in a way I found more
>convincing. Anyway, I brought the Equus script (in the Penguin classic
>imprint) so that I could study the passage in more detail. But it is
>not in the play! I knew from the programme notes that Shaffer changed
>the play a bit to remove anachronistic dialogue (e.g. "swizz" became
>"con"), but I'm surprised more substantial dialogue was added. How
>would I go about getting a copy of the script used in the current
>revival? I've no idea who to contact or how to contact them, or if
>there are any libraries etc that carry actual scripts used in specific
>productions. Does anyone know how I'd get this script?
>

Don't know about scripts in general but I can ask "Hesther" about that 
one in particular next time I speak to her.
-- 
Philip Powell
Looking north across the Derwent Valley and Northumberland
to The Cheviot