I teach GCSE drama in a rough Saff London Comp and get the students hooked with Baz Lurhrmann's modern version of it and then to teach them more of what Shakespeare had in mind when he wrote the play, I show them this one by Zeffirelli - it works a treat. It is beautifully done, universal in its themes and appeal and the acting is rivitingly good - especially the very young and beautiful Olivia Hussy, though Michael York as a petulant Tybalt is equally good.
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The conquest of the Inca Empire is a powerful and dreadful story. Indeed the stuff for a monumentam movie. The 1964 play by Peter Shaffer has been turned into a movie in 1969; Christopher Plummer who had played Pizzarro in the Broadway theater production stars as Atahualpa, the Inca God-King.
Robert Shaw is Pizarro. He is the birth of a hero and there the death of an Empire.
The movie looks a bit like a theatre play, especially the beginning. From the start one is strucked by how slow everything is compared to present movies. The DVD quality is fairly bad as if the movie has been tape recorded in private and then transferd to a DVD. The overall impression one gets is: all far too old. The story told does not give one a new inside ... Read More:
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The conquest of the Inca Empire is a powerful and dreadful story. Indeed the stuff for a monumentam movie. The 1964 play by Peter Shaffer has been turned into a movie in 1969; Christopher Plummer who had played Pizzarro in the Broadway theater production stars as Atahualpa, the Inca God-King.
Robert Shaw is Pizarro. He is the birth of a hero and there the death of an Empire.
The movie looks a bit like a theatre play, especially the beginning. From the start one is strucked by how slow everything is compared to present movies. The DVD quality is fairly bad as if the movie has been tape recorded in private and then transferd to a DVD. The overall impression one gets is: all far too old. The story told does not give one a new inside ... Read More:
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I teach GCSE drama in a rough Saff London Comp and get the students hooked with Baz Lurhrmann's modern version of it and then to teach them more of what Shakespeare had in mind when he wrote the play, I show them this one by Zeffirelli - it works a treat. It is beautifully done, universal in its themes and appeal and the acting is rivitingly good - especially the very young and beautiful Olivia Hussy, though Michael York as a petulant Tybalt is equally good.
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I teach GCSE drama in a rough Saff London Comp and get the students hooked with Baz Lurhrmann's modern version of it and then to teach them more of what Shakespeare had in mind when he wrote the play, I show them this one by Zeffirelli - it works a treat. It is beautifully done, universal in its themes and appeal and the acting is rivitingly good - especially the very young and beautiful Olivia Hussy, though Michael York as a petulant Tybalt is equally good.
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I teach GCSE drama in a rough Saff London Comp and get the students hooked with Baz Lurhrmann's modern version of it and then to teach them more of what Shakespeare had in mind when he wrote the play, I show them this one by Zeffirelli - it works a treat. It is beautifully done, universal in its themes and appeal and the acting is rivitingly good - especially the very young and beautiful Olivia Hussy, though Michael York as a petulant Tybalt is equally good.
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I teach GCSE drama in a rough Saff London Comp and get the students hooked with Baz Lurhrmann's modern version of it and then to teach them more of what Shakespeare had in mind when he wrote the play, I show them this one by Zeffirelli - it works a treat. It is beautifully done, universal in its themes and appeal and the acting is rivitingly good - especially the very young and beautiful Olivia Hussy, though Michael York as a petulant Tybalt is equally good.
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I teach GCSE drama in a rough Saff London Comp and get the students hooked with Baz Lurhrmann's modern version of it and then to teach them more of what Shakespeare had in mind when he wrote the play, I show them this one by Zeffirelli - it works a treat. It is beautifully done, universal in its themes and appeal and the acting is rivitingly good - especially the very young and beautiful Olivia Hussy, though Michael York as a petulant Tybalt is equally good.
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this was a very informative write up of the events of Pizzaro and Anthuala. Ihave read it but now need to set a scene on A3 paper showing a scene from the play, showing lighting, sound, costume etc., As I am no artist I wondered if anyone can help with this assignment?
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This film adaptation of Peter Shaffer's play does complete justice to the intelligence and power of the original. While staying very close to historical truth, it is at the same time a timeless and haunting meditation on cultural differences, religion, loyalty, greed, power and friendship. The acting is absolutely superb: Robert Shaw's Pizarro weaves strength, doubt, lust for adventure and riches, and cunning combined with honesty and involuntary admiration for the Inca god-king he has taken prisoner.
The top honors go though undoubtedly to Christopher Plummer and his arrestingly magnificent portrayal of Atahualpa (incidentally, Plummer had played Pizarro in the Broadway version of the play, to much acclaim). He is in turn, and many times all at once, supremely royal, ... Read More:
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