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The Royal Hunt of the Sun, Peter Shaffer’s 1964 play about the conquest of the Incas

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The Royal Hunt of the Sun, Peter Shaffer’s 1964 play about the conquest of the Incas

The Royal Hunt of the Sun, Peter Shaffer’s 1964 play about the conquest of the Incas, contains one of the most famous stage directions in modern drama: ‘They cross the Andes.’ On the face of it, these four words are completely preposterous.

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