Pizarro (play)

Pizarro
Written by	Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Date premiered	24 May 1799
Place premiered	Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
Original language	English
Genre	Tragedy
Setting	Peru, Sixteenth century

Pizarro is a 1799 historical tragedy by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. It was inspired by August von Kotzebue's play Die Spanier in Peru, based on the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire in 1532 by Francisco Pizarro. It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London on 24 May 1799.^[1]