All for Love; or, the World Well Lost

Description

All for Love; or, the World Well Lost is a 1677 drama written by English playwright John Dryden. A tragedy written in blank verse, the play is an imitation (acknowledged by Dryden) of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra that is confined to Alexandria, and focuses primarily on the last hours of the couple and their doomed relationship. The play was performed originally in 1677, and after a revival, was performed a further 123 times between 1700 and 1800.

Part of the Harvard Classics set.

This book has 28,981 words, 85 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1677.

Production notes: This ebook of All for Love; or, the World Well Lost was published by Global Grey on the 15th September 2022. The artwork used for the cover is 'Cleopatra and Octavian' by Louis Gauffier.