Alzuma
| Alzuma | |
|---|---|
Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London | |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | Tragedy |
| Setting | Cusco, Peru |
Alzuma is a 1773
sixteenth century. Murphy suggested that the British victory at Havana in 1762 influenced his sympathetic depiction of the Peruvians and hostility to Spain.[2] Richard Brinsley Sheridan's later play Pizarro
dealt with the same subject and themes.
References
Bibliography
- Emery, John Pike. Arthur Murphy: An Eminent English Dramatist of the Eighteenth Century. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1946.
- Greene, John C. Theatre in Dublin, 1745-1820: A Calendar of Performances, Volume 6. Lexington Books, 2011.
- Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of English Drama 1660–1900: Volume III. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- Hogan, C.B (ed.) The London Stage, 1660–1800: Volume V. Southern Illinois University Press, 1968.
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