{"product_id":"pizarro","title":"Pizarro","description":"\u003cp\u003eRichard Brinsley Sheridan’s last play, an adaptation of August von Kotzebue’s \u003cem\u003eDie Spanier in Peru\u003c\/em\u003e first performed in 1799, was one of the most popular of the entire century. Set during the Spanish Conquest of Peru, \u003cem\u003ePizarro\u003c\/em\u003e dramatizes English fears of invasion by Revolutionary France, but it is also surprisingly and critically engaged with Britain’s colonial exploits abroad. \u003cem\u003ePizarro\u003c\/em\u003e is a play of firsts: the first use of music alongside action, the first collapsing set, the first production to inspire such celebratory ephemera as cartoons, portraits, postcards, even porcelain collector plates. \u003cem\u003ePizarro\u003c\/em\u003e marks the end of eighteenth-century drama and the birth of a new theatrical culture. \n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition features a comprehensive introduction and extensive appendices documenting the play’s first successful performances and global influence. It will appeal to students and scholars of Romantic literature, theatre history, post-colonialism, and Indigenous studies.\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66233425166685,"sku":null,"price":32.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/3893\/2573\/files\/9781554811540.jpg?v=1792203810","url":"https:\/\/shop.gazellebookservices.co.uk\/products\/pizarro","provider":"Gazelle Book Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}