... Pizarro: A Tragedy

by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Creator), August von Kotzebue

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Genres: Plays

84 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1799

About the author

Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) was an Irish-born playwright and poet and long-term owner of the London Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. For thirty-two years he was also a Whig Member of the British House of Commons for Stafford (1780–1806), Westminster (1806–1807) and Ilchester (1807–1812). Such was the esteem he was held in by his contemporaries when he died that he was buried at Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. He is known for his plays such as The Rivals, The School for Scandal and A Trip to Scarborough.

Reviews

[Alice Maher · Rating 3 out of 5]

Had to read for my Romantic plays and players module at university. Quite interesting to look at this play within the context of the French Revolution and the Warren Hastings Trial.

[Nourhan · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5🌟

بيزارو، ريتشارد برنسلي شريدان، ١٧٨٥م، ترجمة ابرهيم رمزي


تدور أحداث المسرحية في القرن السادس عشر خلال فترة الفتح الإسباني لبيرو، وتستعرض شخصية القائد الإسباني الطموح فرانسيسكو بيزارو، الذي يقود حملة استعمارية ضد إمبراطورية الإنكا.

في المسرحية، يتم تصوير بيزارو كشخصية طاغية وقاسية، تسعى لتحقيق المجد الشخصي على حساب حياة الشعوب الأصلية، وتدور حول صراعه مع رفاقه من الجنود الإسبان، الذين يبدؤون في التشكيك في تصرفاته وقيادته، مما يؤدي إلى انقسامات داخل صفوفهم.

[Danni · Rating 5 out of 5]

perhaps the best tragedy i have ever read.