Verse drama · c. 1770 (Quechua text); Markham's English version 1910

Apu Ollantay: A Drama of the Time of the Incas

by Anonymous (Quechua)

Translated by Clements R. Markham (1910)

The general Ollantay, a commoner, loves Cusi Coyllur, daughter of the Inca Pachacuti, and secretly fathers her child. When Pachacuti discovers it he imprisons the princess and Ollantay rises in revolt in the fortress of Ollantaytambo. Years later, under Pachacuti's son Tupac Yupanqui, the rebels are tricked, the princess is found, and the lovers are reconciled.

Contents · 16 parts

• Persons of the Play14 lines
• Act I, Scene 1about 260 lines
• Act I, Scene 287 lines
• Act I, Scene 377 lines
• Act I, Scene 4about 120 lines
• Act I, Scene 544 lines
• Act II, Scene 1about 120 lines
• Act II, Scene 221 lines
• Act II, Scene 398 lines
• Act III, Scene 158 lines
• Act III, Scene 249 lines
• Act III, Scene 373 lines
• Act III, Scene 425 lines
• Act III, Scene 597 lines
• Act III, Scene 6about 300 lines
• Act III, Scene 7about 110 lines

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