John Dryden

Drama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little Price

Dryden's 1677 play All for Love is a version of the Antony and Cleopatra story, told as a heroic tragedy.
Antony and Octavius Caesar are struggling for control of what was to become the Roman Empire. Antony and Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, are lovers and political allies, but their forces have been defeated at the battle of Actium. The play is set in Alexandria, under siege by Octavius Caesar.
This edition in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series is edited and introduced by Trevor R. Griffiths.

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All for Love: Full Text and Introduction (NHB Drama Classics)

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