PlayOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Oct 26, 1965
Closing Date
Jun 11, 1966
1st Preview
Oct 11, 1965
1st Preview
Oct 11, 1965
Previews
16
Performances
261
PlayOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
ANTA Playhouse
(Oct 26, 1965 - Jun 11, 1966)

Setting
Apart from two early scenes in Spain and Panama, the play is set in the Upper Province of the Inca Empire: what is now South Ecuador and North Western Peru. June 1529 - 1533.

Theatre Owned / Operated by ANTA, Inc.
Produced by The Theatre Guild (Philip Langner, Joel Schenker, Armina Marshall, Warren Caro), Theodore Mann and Gerard Oestreicher; Produced in association with Hope Abelson; Produced by arrangement with David Susskind and Daniel Melnick; Associate Produced by Don Herbert
Written by Peter Shaffer; Incidental music by Marc Wilkinson; Musical Director: Herbert Harris; Additional music by Steve Silverman
Directed by John Dexter; Choreographed by Mme. Claude Chagrin
Scenic Design by Michael Annals; Costume Design by Michael Annals; Lighting Design by Martin Aronstein; New York Production Supervised by George Jenkins and Ben Edwards; Indian Headdresses by Cynthia Scott; Masks for Lament scene by John Gunther; Spanish armor and helmets by William Wallace Bellin; Make-up for Christopher Plummer by John Haag Jiras
General Manager: Paul Libin
Production Stage Manager: Randall Brooks; Stage Manager: Maxine S. Taylor; Assistant Stage Manager: Robert Bishop
General Press Representative: Merle Debuskey; Press Representative: Violet Welles and Larry Belling; Advertising: Brownstone Associates; Casting: Alan Shayne Associates; Producer's Representative Theatre Guild-Oestreicher: Walter Fried
Sound Effects by Marc Wilkinson; Costumes executed by Ray Diffen Stage Clothes
Francisco Pizarro (Commander of the Expedition)
Atahuallpa (Sovereign Inca of Peru)
Martin Ruiz
Pedro de Candia (Commander of Artillery)
Chieftain
Peruvian Indian
Juan Chavez (soldier)
Vasca (soldier)
Peruvian Indian
Peruvian Indian
Pedro Chavez (soldier)
Martin Ruiz as a boy
Challcuchima (an Inca General)
Miguel Estete (Royal Overseer)
Rodas (tailor)
Peruvian Indian
Peruvian Indian
Fray Vincente de Valverde (Dominican, Chaplain to the Expedition)
Headman
Diego de Trujillo (Master of the Horse)
Oello (a wife of Atahuallpa)
Fray Marcos de Nizza (Franciscan Friar)
Peruvian Indian
Manco (a Messenger)
Peruvian Indian
Peruvian Indian
Salinas (blacksmith)
Villac Umu (High Priest of Peru)
Felipillo (an Indian boy employed as interpreter to Pizarro)
Domingo (soldier)
Inti Coussi (step-sister of Atahuallpa)
Peruvian Indian
Hernardo de Soto (Second-in-Command)
Understudies: Robert Berdeen (Felipillo), Barry Burns (Manco), Tony Capodilupo (Miguel Estete), Paul Charles (Martin Ruiz as a boy), Kurt Christien (Pedro Chavez), John Church (Fray Vincente de Valverde, Domingo, Fray Marcos de Nizza), Clayton Corbin (Atahuallpa), Thayer David (Martin Ruiz), B.J. DeSimone (Diego de Trujillo), Roy Lozano (Chieftain), Marc Maskin (Headman), George Sampson (Salinas, Rodas, Vasca, Pedro de Candia) and Don Silber (Villac Umu, Challcuchima)

ANTA Playhouse (Oct 26, 1965 - Jun 11, 1966)

Cast

Peruvian Indian
Hernardo de Soto (Second-in-Command)
 
Francisco Pizarro (Commander of the Expedition)
Martin Ruiz as a boy
Fray Marcos de Nizza (Franciscan Friar)
Atahuallpa (Sovereign Inca of Peru)
Juan Chavez (soldier)
Hernardo de Soto (Second-in-Command)
Peruvian Indian
Fray Marcos de Nizza (Franciscan Friar)
Chieftain
Salinas (blacksmith)

Theatre World

Award

1966 Recipient
David Carradine
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