All for Love
by John Dryden
English • First performed 1677 • Public Domain • Free to stream
John Dryden's All for Love; Or, The World Well Lost is the finest Restoration tragedy in the English language — a reimagining of the final days of Mark Antony and Cleopatra in Alexandria. First performed in 1677, it strips away the political sprawl of Shakespeare's version to focus on one devastating question: love or duty? Passion or honour? Dryden's Antony has already lost the world. The play begins as the end approaches, and every scene tightens the choice until nothing is left.
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About the book: All for Love
All for Love; or, the World Well Lost is a 1677 heroic drama written by John Dryden. It is dedicated to the Earl of Danby, and it was first printed by Thomas Newcomb for the London bookseller Henry Herringman in 1678. The play is a tragedy written in blank verse and is an attempt on Dryden's part to reinvigorate serious drama.
The play is an acknowledged imitation of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. It confines the action to Alexandria and focuses on the last hours of the lives of its hero and heroine, and the end of their doomed relationship. It became the preferred version of the story on the stage.
Now John Dryden's best-known and most performed play, it is a work that has achieved significant historical recognition for its enduring theatrical legacy.
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All for Love was written by John Dryden, England's first Poet Laureate, and first performed in 1677.
Is All for Love in the public domain?
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All for Love was first published in 1677. It is now in the public domain and free to stream.
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