The Royal Hunt of the Sun
National Theatre. Produced with Desmond O’Donovan
Cast & Crew
Cast
| Atahuallpa | Robert Stephens |
|---|---|
| Challcuchima | Edward Hardwicke |
| Chieftain | Peter John |
| Diego de Trujillo | Michael Gambon |
| Domingo; T/O Miguel Estete | Thomas Kempinski |
| Felipillo | Derek Jacobi |
| FRancisco Pizzarro | Colin Blakely |
| Fray Marcos de Nizza | Kenneth Mackintosh |
| Fray Vincente de Valverde | James Mellor |
| Headman | Bruce Purchase |
| Hernando de Soto | Michael Turner |
| Indian | Christopher Chittell |
| Indian | Nicholas Edmett |
| Indian | Terence Knapp |
| Indian | Alan Ridgway |
| Indian | Clive Rust |
| Indian | Pauline Taylor |
| Indian; T/O Domingo | Ron Pember |
| Indian; U/S Chieftain; T/O Chieftain; U/S Felipillo | Michael Byrne |
| Inti Coussi | Louise Purnell |
| JUan Chavez; T/O Rodas | Christopher Timothy |
| Manco; T/O FRay Marcos de Nizza | Neil Fitzpatrick |
| Martin Ruiz | Robert Lang |
| Martin Ruiz as a boy | Roy Holder |
| Oello | Caroline John |
| Pedro de Candia | Frank Wylie |
| Rodas | Trevor Martin |
| Salinas | Dan Meaden |
| T/O Challcuchima | Anthony Hopkins |
| T/O Diego de Trujillo | Oliver Cotton |
| T/O Garcia | John McEnery |
| T/O Headman; T/O Pedro de Candia | David Ryall |
| T/O Indian | Alan Adams |
| T/O Indian | Chloe Ashcroft |
| T/O Indian | David Belcher |
| T/O Indian | Alan Collins |
| T/O Indian | Barry Evans |
| T/O Indian | Kay Gallie |
| T/O Indian | Luke Hardy |
| T/O Indian | Jennie Heslewood |
| T/O Indian | Carolyn Jones |
| T/O Indian | Michael York |
| T/O Indian; T/O Juan Chavez | Roger Kemp |
| T/O Indian; T/O Martin Ruiz as a boy; T/O Manco | Malcolm Reynolds |
| T/O Indian; T/O Salinas | Ronald Pickup |
| T/O Indian; T/O Vasca | Denis De Marne |
| T/O Martin Ruiz | Gerald James |
| T/O Martin Ruiz; T/O Francisco Pizzarro | Paul Curran |
| T/O Miguel Estete | Graham Crowden |
| T/O Salinas | David Bailie |
| T/O Salinas | John Hallam |
| T/O Salinas | Lennard Pearce |
| T/O Vasca | John Savident |
| Vasca | Robert Russell |
| Villac Umu | Edward Petherbridge |
Crew | |
| Assistant director | Desmond O’Donovan |
| Composer | Marc Wilkinson |
| Designer | Michael Annals |
| Director | John Dexter |
| Lighting designer | Brian Freeland |
| Movement | Claude Chagrin |
| Photographer | Angus McBean |
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Observations
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After seeing this production I persuaded Lusaka Theatre Club in Zambia to mount a production in 1970. Atahuallpa was played by a Zambian dancer named Edwin Manda. The great sun was built by Mike Jackson based on my descriptions of the NT production sun. I played Young Martin Ruiz.
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