Excellence can sometimes be present within a setting of general mediocrity. Though the revival of Peter Shaffer's Equus at the Gielgud Theatre in London is misdirected, it nevertheless demonstrates that the play itself remains gripping and that Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe is a talented stage actor of unlimited potential.

First seen in London and then on Broadway in the early 1970s, Equus tells the tale of a teenager whose religious/sexual worship of horses becomes a full-blown mental aberration that leads to a shocking act of violence. Though some may consider the piece dated in a negative way, especially in terms of the psychiatric attitudes and methods portrayed, Equus still has th[...]