This article on Peter Shaffer's Equus primarily affirms the importance of Shaffer as a playwright and discusses Equus as one of his most celebrated works. In our urge to understand his contribution as a dramatist one is reminded of the fact that drama by its very nature is a realization that it is a performance or an act. However there is a shift in the way we look at drama in today's world considering the fact that the twentieth century is momentous in terms of drama being extremely radical and avant-garde. The domain of New English Drama often explores variations that are extremely diverse and radical, such as Peter Shaffer's own corpus of writings which is integral to the way we look at Modern English Drama. This paper attempts to qualify Shaffer as an artist who seeks to address life's very profound questions. Equus is Peter Shaffer's pièce de résistance and is recognized as a consequential work in the history of Modern British Drama and should be seen as unequalled and perennial in its thematic profundity as it holds a validation for Shaffer's vision as a playwright.
