The Royal Hunt of the Sun
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
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Open Date: Oct 26, 1965
Close Date: Jun 11, 1966
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
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.
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PeopleTheatre 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 Producer: Don HerbertWritten by Peter Shaffer; Incidental music by Marc Wilkinson; Musical Director: Herbert Harris; Additional music by Steve SilvermanDirected by John Dexter; Choreographed by Mme. Claude ChagrinScenic 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 JirasGeneral Manager: Paul Libin; Producer's Representative Theatre Guild-Oestreicher: Walter FriedProduction Stage Manager: Randall Brooks; Stage Manager: Maxine S. Taylor; Assistant Stage Mgr: Robert BishopMusician: Herbert Harris, Norman Grossman, Charles Birch and Steve Silverman; Assistant Conductor: Norman GrossmanSound Effects by Marc WilkinsonCostumes executed by Ray Diffen Stage Clothes; General Press Representative: Merle Debuskey; Press Representative: Violet Welles and Larry Belling; Advertising: Brownstone Associates; Casting: Alan Shayne AssociatesUnderstudies: 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
Francisco Pizarro
Commander of the Expedition -
Awards
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 Producer: 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; Producer's Representative Theatre Guild-Oestreicher: Walter Fried
Production Stage Manager: Randall Brooks; Stage Manager: Maxine S. Taylor; Assistant Stage Mgr: Robert Bishop
Musician: Herbert Harris, Norman Grossman, Charles Birch and Steve Silverman; Assistant Conductor: Norman Grossman
Sound Effects by Marc Wilkinson
Costumes executed by Ray Diffen Stage Clothes; General Press Representative: Merle Debuskey; Press Representative: Violet Welles and Larry Belling; Advertising: Brownstone Associates; Casting: Alan Shayne Associates
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
Francisco Pizarro
Commander of the Expedition
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