The City on the Horizon by David Spencer

Saturday-Night Theatre
Sat 29th Jan 1972, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Part 1: The Dream

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.

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

Saturday-Night Theatre:
Sat 5th Feb 1972, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM
The City of the Horizon by David Spenser

Part 2: The Reality

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...

Producer: John Tydeman
Akhnaten, Pharaoh of Egypt: Gary Bond
Nefertiti his wife: Kate Binchy
Queen Tiy, his mother: Mary Morris
Smenkhare, his half-brother: David Valla
Tutankhamen, his half-brother: Geoffrey Beevers
Meritaten his daughter: Stephanie Turner
Ay, the Chief Counsellor: Lockwood West
Horemheb, the Commander in Chief:
William Fox
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

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