The Cast
 Amber is Simcha Abarbanel, itinerant Jewish merchant from Granada, later resident in Berlin
Johnson Anthony is Kwame, West African farmer, later called Lawrence, slave at the Jefferson estate in Virginia
Gary Brackett is Pu Wi-lin, Ming Empress of China, later married into the Manchu dynasty
Jerry Goralnick is Ali Sayed, Syrian trader based in Istanbul, traveller through markets around the world
Robert Hieger is Don Jaime de la Vega, Spanish colonialist in Mexico, later Vice-Chancellor to Philip II
Marlene Lortev is Dharwa Amnet, Indian fortune teller in Surat, later employed in a London textile mill
Lois Kagan Mingus is Matteo Doria, Genoese banker and world traveller
Craig Peritz is Copa, Mayan slave of the Aztecs, later in service to the Spanish
Judi Rymer is Véronique Daumesnil, Carmelite novice, then adventurer abroad, later court painter at Versailles
Rob Schmidt is Simon Joost, Flemish weaver in Bruges, later captain of a London-based textile manufacturing consortium
Christian Vollmer is Klaus Obermayer, German actor
Tom Walker is Ivan Kulakov, Russian merchant, later ambassador to the Chinese court
Joanie Fritz Zosike is Molly Stills, Lancashire peasant, later factory worker in London
understudies: Aaron Kahn and Maria Riboli |
