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.
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Kotzebue, August von, 1761-1819.
Contributors: Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: London : printed for James Ridgway, 1799.
Notes:With an epilogue and two final advertisement leaves.

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.".

Physical description: [8], 76, [8]p. ; 8o.

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