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Pizarro : a tragedy, in five acts : as performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane / taken from the German drama of Kotzebue ; and adapted to the English stage by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PT2387.A3 P4 1799
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kotzebue, August von, 1761-1819.
- Standardized Title:
- Spanier in Peru. Adaptations. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pizarro, Francisco, approximately 1475-1541--Drama.
- Pizarro, Francisco.
- Pizarro, Francisco, approximately 1475-1541.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Physical Description:
- 8 unnumbered pages, 76 pages, 4 unnumbered pages (final page blank) ; 20 cm (8vo)
- Place of Publication:
- London : J. Ridgway, 1799.
- Notes:
- Based on: Die Spanier in Peru.
- At foot of titlepage: "Price 2s. 6d. A superior edition, on fine wove paper, hot-pressed, price 5s.".
- Evidence of differing press figures and broken "p" in "hot-pressed" in last line on titlepage suggests copies made up from mixed sheets.
- Final sentence in Act 4, p. 64, reads: "No!---thought and memory are my hell."; variant: reads: "No living---thought and memory are my hell.".
- Includes printed cast list for production at Drury Lane theatre.
- Local Notes:
- RBC 822C C686 has variant text.
- RBC 822C C686 bound with: Kenney, James. The world! London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808. (item 5 of 7)
- Cited in:
- ESTC T58786
- OCLC:
- 1079389
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