Pizarro (Play)
Variants: Pizarro eller Rollas Død (Danish) and Die Spanier in Peru, oder Rollas Tod (German original title)
ProseTragedy
Published in: Denmark
Place represented: Peru
VIAF:
ISNI:
Contributors
| Person | Functions |
|---|---|
| August von Kotzebue | Playwrightoriginal contributor |
| Richard Brinsley Sheridan | AdaptationPlaywright |
| Niels Thoroup Bruun | AdaptationPlaywright |
Links
| Link | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Full text (English) | Text |
Important years
| Original publication | Danish publication | First performance |
|---|---|---|
| 1818 CE | 1818 CE | 1818 CE |
Acts / scenes
| Acts |
|---|
| 5 |
Characters
| Character Name | Gender | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ataliba | Male | sovereign/king, Indigenous characters | |
| Rolla | Male | military, Indigenous characters | |
| Alonzo | Male | military | |
| Cora | Female | wife | |
| Pizarro | Male | military | |
| Elvira | Female | young woman, friend | |
| Almagro | Male | military | |
| Gonzalo | Male | military | |
| Davilla | Male | military | |
| Gomez | Male | military | |
| Valverde | Male | Clerk | |
| Las Casas | Male | ecclesiastical | |
| Diego | Male | military, servant | |
| Orozembo | Male | Chieftain, Indigenous characters, old man | |
| Orano | Male | Indigenous characters, Courtier | |
| En blind Olding | Male | old man | |
| En Dreng | Male | boy/girl | |
| Den ypperste Præst | Male | ecclesiastical | |
| Orozembos ledsager | Male | Indigenous characters | |
| En peruviansk Quinde | Female | Indigenous characters | |
| En anden peruviansk Quinde | Female | Indigenous characters | |
| Xuliqua | Female | Indigenous characters | |
| Peruvianske Krigere [1] | Male | Indigenous characters, military | |
| Peruvianske Krigere [2] | Male | Indigenous characters, military | |
| Peruvianske Krigere [3] | Male | Indigenous characters, military | |
| En talende spansk Soldat | Male | military | |
| Spansk Soldat [1] | Male | military, extras | |
| Spansk Soldat [2] | Male | military, extras | |
| Peruvianske krigere | Male | extras, military, Indigenous characters | |
| Peruvianske Quinder og Børn | Female | extras, Indigenous characters |
Notes
Based on both Kotzebue's Die Spanier in Peru, oder Rollas Tod (1796): https://books.google.de/books?id=YEKIEcVtnhMC&printsec=frontcover&hl=da&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false and Sheridan's Pizarro (1799, VIAF 79147095013725080053) https://books.google.dk/books?id=rB0OAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=da#v=onepage&q=diego&f=false.
Productions of this work
Pizarro by The Royal Danish Theatre (1818 AD)
Performances
| Date | Place | |
|---|---|---|
| 1818-05-30 CE | Royal Danish Theatre, Kongens Nytorv | |
| 1819-02-06 CE | Royal Danish Theatre, Kongens Nytorv | |
| 1819-02-20 CE | Royal Danish Theatre, Kongens Nytorv | |
| 1819-02-26 CE | Royal Danish Theatre, Kongens Nytorv | |
| 1819-03-04 CE | Royal Danish Theatre, Kongens Nytorv | |
| 1820-04-29 CE | Royal Danish Theatre, Kongens Nytorv | |
| 1820-05-15 CE | Royal Danish Theatre, Kongens Nytorv |
Works
| Title | |
|---|---|
| Pizarro |
Organisations
| Organisation name | Aliases | VIAF | ISNI | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Royal Danish Theatre |
Contributors
| Person | Functions |
|---|---|
| Ludvig Zinck | Composer |
| Carl Dahlén | Choreographer |
Notes
The cast also included several unnamed extras and children.