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The Royal Hunt of the Sun

The Royal Hunt of the Sun

The Royal Hunt of the Sun is a 1964 play by Peter Shaffer that dramatizes the relation of two worlds entering in a conflict by portraying two characters: Atahuallpa Inca and Francisco Pizarro.


“The men climb the Andes.”

The Royal Hunt of the Sun, Act I, sc. viii. (1964).
Sometimes misquoted as "They cross the Andes".

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