Photo Coverage: EQUUS Unveils Original 'Horse Head' Prop

Actress Elaine Bromka was presented with the refurbished "horse head" worn by her husband Peter Phillips in the Original 1974 Broadway production of Peter Shaffer's EQUUS. The restored headpiece -carefully executed by the current EQUUS Prop Supervisor Mike Smanko - was presented by the actors who portray the horses in the new hit production of the play at the Broadhurst Theatre before the matinee performance on Wednesday,November 12th, 2008

Under the direction of Thea Sharrock, EQUUS began previews September 5 and opened officially on September 25 for a limited 22-week engagement through February 8, 2009 at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street).   

Daniel  Radcliffe has played the title role in all five of the  "Harry Potter" films to date, and will star again in the sixth, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," due out July 2009.  Other films include "December Boys" and "Tailor of Panama."  He recently appeared on television in the PBS-TV Masterpiece's "My Boy Jack," and he made a cameo appearance on stage in the West End in "The Play What I Wrote." 

EQUUS is Mr. Shaffer's play about a boy with a secret and the surprising things that happen when a beautiful young girl brings that secret to light.  After the mild-mannered stable boy Alan Strang (played by Daniel Radcliffe) has committed a serious crime, the court-appointed psychiatrist Martin Dysart (Richard Griffiths) is charged with revealing the mysteries behind the boy's behavior while confronting his own self-doubt in his marriage, his profession and his life.

The cast of EQUUS also features Kate Mulgrew, Anna Camp, Carolyn McCormick,Lorenzo Pisoni, T. Ryder Smith, Graeme Malcolm, Sandra Shipley, Collin Baja, Tyrone Jackson, Spencer Liff, Adesola Osakalumi, and Marc Spaulding. 

For more information about EQUUS, visit www.EquusOnBroadway.com.

Photos By Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.

The Original production 'Horse Head'

EQUUS

EQUUS Prop Supervisor Mike Smanko

Mike Smanko

Mike Smanko and Collin Baja

Mike Smanko and Collin Baja

Lorenzo Pisoni and Mike Smanko

Lorenzo Pisoni and Mike Smanko

Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe tries on the original

Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe

Lorenzo Pisoni

Lorenzo Pisoni

Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe

Elaine Bromka, Daniel Radcliffe, Adesola Osakalumi, Kevin Boseman, Marc Spaulding and Lorenzo Pisoni

Elaine Bromka, Daniel Radcliffe, Adesola Osakalumi, Kevin Boseman, Marc Spaulding and Lorenzo Pisoni

Elaine Bromka and Daniel Radcliffe

Elaine Bromka and Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe

Elaine Bromka, Daniel Radcliffe, Adesola Osakalumi, Kevin Boseman, Marc Spaulding and Lorenzo Pisoni

Elaine Bromka, Daniel Radcliffe, Adesola Osakalumi, Kevin Boseman, Marc Spaulding and Lorenzo Pisoni

Mike Smanko, Elaine Bromka, Collin Baja, Adesola Osakalumi, Daniel Radcliffe, Lorenzo Pisoni, Kevin Boseman and Marc Spaulding

Mike Smanko, Elaine Bromka, Collin Baja, Adesola Osakalumi, Daniel Radcliffe, Lorenzo Pisoni, Kevin Boseman and Marc Spaulding

Lorenzo Pisoni with The current production 'Horse Head'

Lorenzo Pisoni

Lorenzo Pisoni

Lorenzo Pisoni

Lorenzo Pisoni

Lorenzo Pisoni

Lorenzo Pisoni

Lorenzo Pisoni