The play Equus by Peter Shaffer is a psychological drama centering on the philosophical, moral and professional crisis facing
the main character, a child
psychiatrist (Dr. Dysert). From the paper: "The play is set in England, and Dysert gets his new
patient through the court system. The judge involved tells him that he is the only psychiatrist in the area competent to help this young man. The patient, Alan Strang, has done a bizarre and horrible thing: he has blinded some horses (although this is not revealed early in the play)."