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Equus article from Variety.com
Feb. 27th, 2007 08:05 pmfor those interested. It's not a review, more a commentary on the makers' choice to cast Daniel and its (possible) consequences, as well as a brief history of the revival process. No major spoilers.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117960050.html?categoryid=15&cs=1&nid=3078 (subscribers only)
Posted: Sat., Feb. 24, 2007, 6:00am PT
'Equus' revival blinded by the light
Will Radcliffe casting overshadow play?
By DAVID BENEDICTLONDON -- A revival of a 1973 psychological drama about a boy who blinds six horses might seem unlikely to cause a box office stampede. But that thinking doesn't allow for the "Harry Potter" factor.
Prior to its first preview, London's new production of Peter Shaffer's "Equus" already had taken an eye-widening £1.6 million ($3.1 million). Why? Because the play marks the stage debut of Daniel Radcliffe, better known as the title character in Warner Bros.' wizard franchise. And for about 10 minutes of the play, he's naked.
Publicity photographs of 17-year-old Radcliffe nude in a tastefully cropped pose next to a white horse, another of him in an intimate embrace with actress Joanna Christie and a solo image shot from behind have ricocheted around the world.
Unsurprisingly, Web sites and newspapers have seized upon the images, inciting prurient and furious debate over everything from the possibility that the casting will threaten the squeaky clean "Harry Potter" brand -- onscreen, the boy wizard is about to have his first kiss -- to whether or not Radcliffe's parents should have let their son appear in this manner.
( The big question now is whether all the hype will overshadow the play. )
And for a non-Harry Potter/Daniel Radcliffe fan's POV on the play, tune in to this channel again after 28th April... :)
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117960050.html?categoryid=15&cs=1&nid=3078 (subscribers only)
Posted: Sat., Feb. 24, 2007, 6:00am PT
'Equus' revival blinded by the light
Will Radcliffe casting overshadow play?
By DAVID BENEDICTLONDON -- A revival of a 1973 psychological drama about a boy who blinds six horses might seem unlikely to cause a box office stampede. But that thinking doesn't allow for the "Harry Potter" factor.
Prior to its first preview, London's new production of Peter Shaffer's "Equus" already had taken an eye-widening £1.6 million ($3.1 million). Why? Because the play marks the stage debut of Daniel Radcliffe, better known as the title character in Warner Bros.' wizard franchise. And for about 10 minutes of the play, he's naked.
Publicity photographs of 17-year-old Radcliffe nude in a tastefully cropped pose next to a white horse, another of him in an intimate embrace with actress Joanna Christie and a solo image shot from behind have ricocheted around the world.
Unsurprisingly, Web sites and newspapers have seized upon the images, inciting prurient and furious debate over everything from the possibility that the casting will threaten the squeaky clean "Harry Potter" brand -- onscreen, the boy wizard is about to have his first kiss -- to whether or not Radcliffe's parents should have let their son appear in this manner.
( The big question now is whether all the hype will overshadow the play. )
And for a non-Harry Potter/Daniel Radcliffe fan's POV on the play, tune in to this channel again after 28th April... :)
