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Pip Thompson, a privately educated socialist conscripted into the RAF, wants to remain an ordinary airman. Officers try to pressure him into accepting a commission, exposing the class system's force in assigning people their expected roles.
In Peter Shaffer's dramatization of Pizarro's conquest of Peru, young Martin joins an expedition driven by gold and Christian conversion. After the Spaniards massacre Incas and capture Atahualpa, Pizarro bargains for a room filled with gold and grows close to the Inca ruler. Despite Pizarro's change of faith, Atahualpa is executed; his promised rebirth does not occur, and Pizarro grieves.
As an unknown soldier is prepared for an honored burial, he and his wife emerge as recurring victims of war throughout history. Generals and priests change eras but repeat the same conflict and ceremonial burial.
Pip Thompson, a privately educated socialist conscripted into the RAF, wants to remain an ordinary airman. Officers try to pressure him into accepting a commission, exposing the class system's force in assigning people their expected roles.
In Peter Shaffer's dramatization of Pizarro's conquest of Peru, young Martin joins an expedition driven by gold and Christian conversion. After the Spaniards massacre Incas and capture Atahualpa, Pizarro bargains for a room filled with gold and grows close to the Inca ruler. Despite Pizarro's change of faith, Atahualpa is executed; his promised rebirth does not occur, and Pizarro grieves.
As an unknown soldier is prepared for an honored burial, he and his wife emerge as recurring victims of war throughout history. Generals and priests change eras but repeat the same conflict and ceremonial burial.