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The City of the Horizon by DAVID SPENSER with Gary Bond , Mary Morris and Kate Binchy
This is the first of two specialty commissioned plays based on the life and times of the Pharaoh Akhnaten whose reign in Egypt (1371-1356 BC) preceded that of Tutankhamen. A poet, a heretic and a visionary. he established a new religion and hoped for a new world. 1: The Dream and Producer JOHN TYDEMAN

Contributors

Unknown:
David Spenser
Unknown:
Gary Bond
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Mary Morris
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Kate Binchy
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Pharaoh Akhnaten
Producer:
John Tydeman
Akhnaten (Amenhotep IV). Pharaoh of Egypt:
Gary Bond
Nefertiti, his wife:
Kate Binchy
Queen Tiy, his mother:
Mary Morris
Smenkhare and Tutankhamen, his half-brothers:
David Valla
Smenkhare and Tutankhamen, his half-brothers:
Geoffrey Beevers
Meritaten, his daughter:
Stephanie Turner
Ay, the Chief Counsellor:
Lockwood West
Horemheb, the Commander in Chief:
William Fox
Ptahmose (later Ramose), the High Priest:
Rolf Lefebvre
Bek, the architect:
David Spenser
Tutmose, the sculptor:
Robin Browne
Rib-Addi, Ruler of Byblos:
Leslie Heritage
Aziru, Prince of the Amorites:
Lewis Stringer
Source: Radio Times

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