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All for Love; or, the World Well Lost, is a 1677 heroic drama by John Dryden which is now his best-known and most performed play.[1]

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  1. 22 relations: Alexandria, Antony and Cleopatra, Blank verse, Charles Hart (actor), Cleopatra, Earl of Danby, Egypt, Elizabeth Boutell, Hero, Heroic drama, John Downes (prompter), John Dryden, Katherine Corey, King's Company, London, Mark Antony, Michael Mohun, Octavia the Younger, Publius Cornelius Dolabella (consul 44 BC), Publius Ventidius, Tragedy, William Shakespeare.

  2. 1677 plays
  3. Cultural depictions of Augustus
  4. Cultural depictions of Octavia the Younger
  5. Depictions of Cleopatra in plays
  6. Depictions of Mark Antony in plays
  7. Plays and musicals based on works by William Shakespeare
  8. Plays by John Dryden
  9. Works based on Antony and Cleopatra

Alexandria

Alexandria (الإسكندرية; Ἀλεξάνδρεια, Coptic: Ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ - Rakoti or ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ) is the second largest city in Egypt and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast.

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Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. All for Love (play) and Antony and Cleopatra are Cultural depictions of Augustus, Depictions of Cleopatra in plays and Depictions of Mark Antony in plays.

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Blank verse

Blank verse is poetry written with regular metrical but unrhymed lines, usually in iambic pentameter.

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Charles Hart (actor)

Charles Hart (bap. 1625 – 18 August 1683) was a prominent British Restoration actor.

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Cleopatra

Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (Κλεοπάτρα Θεά ΦιλοπάτωρThe name Cleopatra is pronounced, or sometimes in British English, see, the same as in American English.. Her name was pronounced in the Greek dialect of Egypt (see Koine Greek phonology);Also "Thea Neotera", lit.

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Earl of Danby

Earl of Danby was a title that was created twice in the Peerage of England.

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Egypt

Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.

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Elizabeth Boutell

Elizabeth Boutell (early 1650s?—1715), was a British actress.

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Hero

A hero (feminine: heroine) is a real person or a main fictional character who, in the face of danger, combats adversity through feats of ingenuity, courage, or strength.

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Heroic drama

Heroic drama is a type of play popular during the Restoration era in England, distinguished by both its verse structure and its subject matter.

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John Downes (prompter)

John Downes (died c. 1712) worked as a prompter at the Duke's Company, and later the United Company, for most of the Restoration period 1660–1700.

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John Dryden

John Dryden (–) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate.

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Katherine Corey

Katherine Corey (fl. 1660–1692) was an English actress of the Restoration era, one of the first generation of female performers to appear on the public stage in Britain.

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King's Company

The King's Company was one of two enterprises granted the rights to mount theatrical productions in London, after the London theatre closure had been lifted at the start of the English Restoration.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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Mark Antony

Marcus Antonius (14 January 1 August 30 BC), commonly known in English as Mark Antony, was a Roman politician and general who played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic from a constitutional republic into the autocratic Roman Empire.

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Michael Mohun

Michael Mohun (1616? – buried 11 October 1684) was a leading English actor both before and after the 1642–60 closing of the theatres.

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Octavia the Younger

Octavia the Younger (Octavia Minor; – 11 BC) was the elder sister of the first Roman emperor, Augustus (known also as Octavian), the half-sister of Octavia the Elder, and the fourth wife of Mark Antony.

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Publius Cornelius Dolabella (consul 44 BC)

Publius Cornelius Dolabella (– 43 BC, also known by his adoptive name Lentulus) was a Roman politician and general under the dictator Julius Caesar.

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Publius Ventidius

Publius Ventidius (89–38 BC) was a Roman general and one of Julius Caesar's protégés.

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Tragedy

Tragedy (from the τραγῳδία, tragōidia) is a genre of drama based on human suffering and, mainly, the terrible or sorrowful events that befall a main character or cast of characters.

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor.

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See also

1677 plays

Cultural depictions of Augustus

Cultural depictions of Octavia the Younger

Depictions of Cleopatra in plays

Depictions of Mark Antony in plays

Plays and musicals based on works by William Shakespeare

Plays by John Dryden

Works based on Antony and Cleopatra

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_for_Love_(play)

Also known as All for Love, or The World Well Lost.