
15 Sep 2012

The Kingdom
Walking through the lost boundaries of the kingdom, our hero finds his greatest enemy.

An adaptation of the story with the same name by Portuguese writer Alexandre Herculano.

D. João I

João das Regras

Frei Joanne

D. Filipa de Lencastre

Frei Lourenço

David Huguet

Mestre Afonso Domingues

Martim Vasques

D. Constança

Anna Margarida

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