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...ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN. Brilliant plumage and clever choreography give this historical drama the shifting, colorful splendor of a kaleidoscope, but Playwright Peter Shaffer fails to inform the story of Conquistador Pizarro in Peru with a coherent dramatic or philosophical content...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Broadway: Jan. 7, 1966 | 1/7/1966 | See Source »

...ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN. Tired philosophy and an undocumented personal interpretation of the relationship between Conquistador Pizarro and Inca Ruler Atahuallpa are injected into a historical spectacle that pleases visually but fails to satisfy dramatically...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Dec. 24, 1965 | 12/24/1965 | See Source »

...ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN is an eye-pleasing spectacle, although it fails to provide dramatic stimulation. Christopher Plummer gives theatrical dimension to Conquistador Pizarro, who cannot achieve peace of mind though he conquers the Inca emperor and gains his gold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Dec. 17, 1965 | 12/17/1965 | See Source »

...ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN is an eye-pleasing spectacle, although it fails to provide dramatic stimulation. Christopher Plummer gives theatrical dimension to Conquistador Pizarro, who cannot achieve peace of mind though he conquers the Inca emperor and gains his gold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Dec. 10, 1965 | 12/10/1965 | See Source »

Shaffer has not fallen into the trap of abstract debate, however. He explores his theme by dramatizing a segment of actual history-the Spaniards' conquest of Peru, and more specifically, the period 1529-1532 and the events surrounding the crucial confrontations between Pizarro the Conquistador and Atahuallpa the God-Become...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: The Royal Hunt of the Sun | 11/9/1965 | See Source »

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