Equus

UK true first: André Deutsch, London, 1973 — the census claim is confirmed. Equus premiered at the National Theatre (Old Vic) in London in 1973 and the Deutsch hardcover precedes all American issues; it won the 1975 Tony Award only after reaching Broadway. CORRECTION to the census note: the US edition was not a standalone "Equus." The play's first American book appearance is in the combined volume EQUUS AND SHRIVINGS: TWO PLAYS (Atheneum, New York, 1974) — publisher's grey cloth, red endpapers, collating [6], 211, [1] pp., with production notes documenting the first performance of Equus and with Shrivings then still unperformed. Both editions are collected: the Deutsch 1973 as the true first, the Atheneum 1974 as the first American appearance. A standalone Atheneum "Equus" dated 1974 at 99 pp. is encountered as a book club edition rather than a trade first — do not mistake it for an American trade first of the play alone.