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	1868: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[Pizarro, of De Dood van Rolla]]'' (Von Kotzebue) by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] in the [[Oddfellows Hall]], Cape Town on 13 August, with ''[[Het Zal Laat Worden]]'' (Meyer) as afterpiece.		1868: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[Pizarro, of De Dood van Rolla]]'' (Von Kotzebue) by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] in the [[Oddfellows Hall]], Cape Town on 13 August, with ''[[Het Zal Laat Worden]]'' (Meyer) as afterpiece.
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	1868: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[Pizarro, of De Dood van Rolla]]'' (Von Kotzebue) by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] in the [[Oddfellows Hall]], Cape Town on 19 August, with ''[[Het Zal Laat Worden]]'' (Meyer), a ballet performance, a ''May Pole Dance" set up by [[J. Combrink]] and ''The Chamois Hunter'' sung by a lady.		1868: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[Pizarro, of De Dood van Rolla]]'' (Von Kotzebue) by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] in the [[Oddfellows Hall]], Cape Town on 19 August, with ''[[Het Zal Laat Worden]]'' (Meyer), a ballet performance, a ''May Pole Dance" set up by [[J. Combrink]] and ''The Chamois Hunter'' sung by a lady.

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 : Performed in English as ''[[Pizarro]]'' by the [[Le Roy and Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], on 15 October, with ''[[Faint Heart which Did Win Fair Lady]]'' (Wooler), ''[[A Ticket of Leave]]'' (Phillips) and a dance called "La Cachuca" by [[Mrs Brazier]] and [[Mrs Luin]]. The evening was a "Farewell Complimentary Testimonial" for [[Madame Duret]]
 :  Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[Pizarro, of De Dood van Rolla]]'' (Von Kotzebue) by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] in the [[Oddfellows Hall]], Cape Town on 13 August,  with ''[[Het Zal Laat Worden]]'' (Meyer) as afterpiece.
 :  Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[Pizarro, of De Dood van Rolla]]'' (Von Kotzebue) by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] in the [[Oddfellows Hall]], Cape Town on 19 August,  with ''[[Het Zal Laat Worden]]'' (Meyer), a ballet performance, a ''May Pole Dance" set up by [[J. Combrink]] and  ''The Chamois Hunter'' sung by a lady.

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	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 209, 210, 214, 333-4, 374, 425		[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 209, 210, 214, 333-4, 374, 425
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		+	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.213, 214, 444, 448-9.

	Julie A. Carlson. 1996. "Trying Sheridan's Pizarro" in ''Texas Studies in Literature and Language'' (Vol. 38, No. 3/4: Romantic Performances): pp. 359-378.[http://www.jstor.org/stable/40755108 ]		Julie A. Carlson. 1996. "Trying Sheridan's Pizarro" in ''Texas Studies in Literature and Language'' (Vol. 38, No. 3/4: Romantic Performances): pp. 359-378.[http://www.jstor.org/stable/40755108 ]

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	1872: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[Pizarro, of De Dood van Rolla]]'' (Von Kotzebue) by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] in the [[Oddfellows Hall]], Cape Town on 10 December, with ''[[Geveinsde Sotheid door Liefde]]'' (Regnard/Grevelink-Hilverdink) and a "grand ballet" as interlude.		1872: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[Pizarro, of De Dood van Rolla]]'' (Von Kotzebue) by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] in the [[Oddfellows Hall]], Cape Town on 10 December, with ''[[Geveinsde Sotheid door Liefde]]'' (Regnard/Grevelink-Hilverdink) and a "grand ballet" as interlude.
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		+	1876: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[Pizarro, of De Dood van Rolla]]'' (Von Kotzebue) by [[De Eendracht]] in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town on 28 December, "opgeluister" (i.e. "enhanced") by the music of the "Alfred Quadrille orchestra".

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 Described as "Ein romantisches Trauerspiel in fünf Aufzügen", the play was first performed in 1795 and published Leipzig, 1796.)
-It was a sequel to his earlier five act play ''[[Die Sonnenjungfrau]]'' ("''[[The Sunmaiden]]''" in English, "''[[De Zonnemaagd]]''" in [[Dutch]]), the play which first featured Kotzebue's hero Rolla. (First performed in the Liebhabertheater at Reval on 19 December,  1789 and published in Leipzig in 1791.
+It was a sequel to his earlier five act play ''[[Die Sonnenjungfrau]]'' ("''[[The Sunmaiden]]''" in English, "''[[De Zonnemaagd]]''" in [[Dutch]]), the play which first featured Kotzebue's hero Rolla.
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 -1855: According to [[William Groom]] (1899 - cited in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: p. 425), a play called ''[[Pizarro, or The Conquest of Mexico]]'' was performed by [[James Lycett]] and his company in the [[Drury Lane Theatre]], Cape Town in this period.
-: Performed in English as ''[[Pizarro]]'' by the [[Le Roy and Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], on 15 October, with ''[[Faint Heart which Did Win Fair Lady]]'' (Wooler), ''[[A Ticket to Leave]]'' (Phillips) and a dance called "La Cachuca" by [[Mrs Brazier]] and [[Mrs Luin]]. The evening was a "Farewell Complimentary Testimonial" for [[Madame Duret]]
+: Performed in English as ''[[Pizarro]]'' by the [[Le Roy and Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], on 15 October, with ''[[Faint Heart which Did Win Fair Lady]]'' (Wooler), ''[[A Ticket of Leave]]'' (Phillips) and a dance called "La Cachuca" by [[Mrs Brazier]] and [[Mrs Luin]]. The evening was a "Farewell Complimentary Testimonial" for [[Madame Duret]]
 :  Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[Pizarro, of De Dood van Rolla]]'' (Von Kotzebue) by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] in the [[Oddfellows Hall]], Cape Town on 13 August,  with ''[[Het Zal Laat Worden]]'' (Meyer) as afterpiece.

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 There are a number of English translations of the play, two appearing in the 1790s, alongside an adaptation by Sheridan. The titles also vary considerably, according to the translator. E.g.  ''[[The Spaniards in Peru; or, The death of Rolla]]'' (by Anne Plumtre, performed and published  1799?*), ''[[Pizarro in Peru, or, The death of Rolla]]'' (by William Dunlap, published 1800, ,  or in later editions as '''''[[Pizarro,  or The Death of Rolla]]'''''.
-The most famous English version of the play though, and a huge commercial success for the adaptor and the Drury Lane Theatre,  is '''''[[Pizarro]]''''' ("A tragedy in five acts"), a melodramatic adaptation by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Brinsley_Sheridan], performed at the Drury Lane theatre with an all-star cast in 1799, and published under the title in the same year, seeing 15 editions by 1800. Thje second most popular English play of the 18th century, according to Julie A. Carlson, the play is almost forgotten today and the text is seen as an embarrassment for the mature Sheridan.
+The most famous English version of the play though, and a huge commercial success for the adaptor and the Drury Lane Theatre,  is '''''[[Pizarro]]''''' ("A tragedy in five acts"), a melodramatic adaptation by '''Richard Brinsley Sheridan''' (1751–1816)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Brinsley_Sheridan], performed at the Drury Lane theatre with an all-star cast in 1799, and published under the title in the same year, seeing 15 editions by 1800. Thje second most popular English play of the 18th century, according to Julie A. Carlson, the play is almost forgotten today and the text is seen as an embarrassment for the mature Sheridan.
 The title '''''[[Pizarro, or The Conquest of Mexico]]''''' is also mentioned by [[William Groom]] (1899 - as cited by [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: p. 425;  who speculates that this was most probably an alternative title given to Sheridan's version).

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	1866: Performed in English as ''[[Pizarro]]'' by the [[Le Roy and Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], on 15 October, with ''[[Faint Heart which Did Win Fair Lady]]'' (Wooler), ''[[A Ticket to Leave]]'' (Phillips) and a dance called "La Cachuca" by [[Mrs Brazier]] and [[Mrs Luin]]. The evening was a "Farewell Complimentary Testimonial" for [[Madame Duret]]		1866: Performed in English as ''[[Pizarro]]'' by the [[Le Roy and Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], on 15 October, with ''[[Faint Heart which Did Win Fair Lady]]'' (Wooler), ''[[A Ticket to Leave]]'' (Phillips) and a dance called "La Cachuca" by [[Mrs Brazier]] and [[Mrs Luin]]. The evening was a "Farewell Complimentary Testimonial" for [[Madame Duret]]
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		+	1868: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[Pizarro, of De Dood van Rolla]]'' (Von Kotzebue) by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] in the [[Oddfellows Hall]], Cape Town on 13 August, with ''[[Het Zal Laat Worden]]'' (Meyer) as afterpiece.
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		+	1868: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[Pizarro, of De Dood van Rolla]]'' (Von Kotzebue) by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] in the [[Oddfellows Hall]], Cape Town on 19 August, with ''[[Het Zal Laat Worden]]'' (Meyer), a ballet performance, a ''May Pole Dance" set up by [[J. Combrink]] and ''The Chamois Hunter'' sung by a lady.
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		+	1868: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[Pizarro, of De Dood van Rolla]]'' (Von Kotzebue) by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] in the [[Oddfellows Hall]], Cape Town on 24 August, with a ballet performance as afterpiece.

	1872: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[Pizarro, of De Dood van Rolla]]'' (Von Kotzebue) by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] in the [[Oddfellows Hall]], Cape Town on 10 December, with ''[[Geveinsde Sotheid door Liefde]]'' (Regnard/Grevelink-Hilverdink) and a "grand ballet" as interlude.		1872: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[Pizarro, of De Dood van Rolla]]'' (Von Kotzebue) by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] in the [[Oddfellows Hall]], Cape Town on 10 December, with ''[[Geveinsde Sotheid door Liefde]]'' (Regnard/Grevelink-Hilverdink) and a "grand ballet" as interlude.