by David Spenser
with Gary Bond, Mary Morris and Kate Binchy
This is the second of two plays about Akhnaten whose reign as Pharaoh of Egypt (1371-56 BC) preceded that of Tutankhamen. Having broken with the old religion of Amon and established the new worship of Aten, the Pharaoh has left the ancient city of Thebes and built another capital - The City of the Horizon. He dreams of a different order of things, but his dreams inevitably come into conflict with the harsh facts of reality. Furthermore the Pharaoh's reason and his sight are beginning to fail...