The Indian Emperour

The Indian Emperour, or the Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards, being the Sequel of The Indian Queen is an English Restoration era stage play, a heroic drama written by John Dryden that was first performed in the Spring of 1665. The play has been considered a defining work in the subgenre of heroic drama, in which "rhymed heroic tragedy comes into full being."^[1] As its subtitle indicates, the play deals with the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire under Hernán Cortés.

^ George Henry Nettleton, English Drama of the Restoration and the Eighteenth Century, 1642–1780, New York, Macmillan, 1914; p. 55

[1] George Henry Nettleton, English Drama of the Restoration and the Eighteenth Century, 1642–1780, New York, Macmillan, 1914; p. 55

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