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Remains of Village Found Near Stonehenge. Yes, they all went down to London to see Daniel Radcliffe in Equus.

The San Francisco Chronicle is following the latter story closely. Meanwhile, legions of dads are amazed that their formerly slacker daughters now say they want to "go to Radcliffe."

Look, the tee-hee coverage, wand jokes, and double-entendres are probably inevitable, but let's straighten one thing out. Many journos are repeating mindlessly the meme that the play features a "sex scene" between Alan (Daniel's character) and Jill. Actually it's a not-quite-sex scene -- which is the reason Alan blinds the horses.

Oh I'm sorry, was that a spoiler? Look, the play premiered 34 years ago. Can I tell you how Hamlet ends, or are you waiting for the next movie?

This Penguin Reading Guide to Equus says it "explores the dilemmas of late-twentieth-century existence in England and, by extension, in the entire industrialized world." Or, as Eric Idle as the Sociologist Who Falls Into the Manhole would put it, "The nude organist represents the essential nakedness of modern man in contemporary society."
posted by Cacciaguida at 8:04 PM