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Pizarro
Pizarro (1800). Richard Brinsley Sheridan's long‐popular tragedy of a noble Inca's doomed battle against the Spanish invader, its most famous scene depicted the hero, Rolla, leaping over a chasm with a young child in one hand and his defending sword in another. Sheridan had based his play on a German drama by Kotzebue. When it was first played at the Park Theatre in America in 1800, a year after its Drury Lane premiere, it was further revised by William Dunlap and offered as Pizarro in Peru; or, The Death of Rolla. In one version or the other it remained a major attraction for seventy years. Among the notable Rollas who followed John Hodgkinson were James Fennell, Thomas Abthorpe Cooper, Edwin Forrest, William B. Wood, and Edward Eddy.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Pizarro." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Pizarro." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-Pizarro.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Pizarro." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-Pizarro.html |
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Pizarro." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Pizarro." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Pizarro.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Pizarro." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Pizarro.html |
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"Pizarro." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Pizarro." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Pizarro.html "Pizarro." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Pizarro.html |
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