Word: atahuallpa
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This phase of Shaffer's career began with The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1964). In that play, Atahuallpa, who is both emperor and god of the Incas, is executed by the order of Pizarro, the Spanish conquistador. The most desolating moment of the play comes when Pizarro, who has lost faith in the Christian God, hopes against hope that Atahuallpa will be resurrected before his eyes. He is not. In Equus (1973), a boy blinds horses because he believes them to be gods who have witnessed his sinful transgressions. He duels with a psychoanalyst. Decrying his own dried...