Highfill, Philip H. et al. A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press.
Connections
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Wealth and Poverty | Penelope Aubin | A Mrs Aubin, probably PA
, received the profits from a benefit performance of Dryden
's The Spanish Friar at Lincoln's Inn Fields
. |
Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Elizabeth Singer Rowe | It gathered together published and unpublished work (some written at boarding-school) both religious and secular: hymns, epistles, odes, pastorals (including an imitation of Anne Killigrew
and an elegy for Queen Mary
), praise of King William |
Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Jane Brereton | In the first of this group of poems, Melissa declares her own inferiority to Fidelia (with a brief survey of other poets including Pope
, Buckingham
, Prior
, Dryden
and Finch
). |
Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Elinor James | She defends the reputation of Queen Elizabeth
, mentions John Dryden
's dismissal of her in his preface to The Hind and the Panther (published this year) as anti-Catholic, but not one who merits an... |
Textual Production | Michelene Wandor | MW
has adapted two German plays for English productions: Heinrich von Kleist
's Penthesilea, about the Amazons (1977), and Ernst Toller
's The Blind Goddess (1981). She also adapted Githa Sowerby
's Rutherford and... |
Textual Production | Constance Smedley | The American title echoes Dryden
's All for Love (Act 4, scene 1): Men are but children of a larger growth. The book is dedicated To Another Father and Mother in gratitude for a wide... |
Textual Production | Charlotte Despard | CD
's second novel, Wandering Fires (titled from John Dryden
), appeared the same year as Chaste as Ice, Pure as Snow. |
Textual Production | Cicely Hamilton | The title is a complex allusion to traditional gender roles, specifically to the sex appeal of male martial prowess. John Dryden
's line None but the brave deserve the fair (itself in context a propaganda... |
Textual Production | Mary Matilda Betham | Like most of her peers, MMB
maintained a lively correspondence. Some of it is reproduced in A House of Letters, edited by Ernest Betham
(though he prints more letters to than from her). She... |
Textual Production | Lady Eleanor Douglas | LED
marked the death from smallpox of her elder grandson with Sions Lamentation, Lord Henry Hastings
, His Funerals Blessing. This was the young man whose death Dryden
lamented with extravagant hyperbole in his... |
Textual Production | Helen Maria Williams | |
Textual Production | Carol Ann Duffy | CAD
's volume of public poems composed as national Laureate, Ritual Lighting, with illustrations by |
Textual Production | T. S. Eliot | They printed about 460 copies. The label on the wrapper survives in three different states, as did the label of the previous Hogarth edition of work by Eliot. The Woolfs were to print one more... |
Textual Production | Ephelia | The book was handsomely produced, having a decorated dedication page, and a frontispiece featuring an oval portrait (or fictitious portrait) of Ephelia, with a heraldic badge above the picture and a pedestal bearing her engraved... |
Textual Production | Elizabeth Thomas | Dryden, John. The Letters of John Dryden: With Letters Addressed to Him. Editor Ward, Charles E., Duke University Press. 125-8, 132, 186 Mills, Rebecca. "Thanks for that Elegant Defense": Polemical Prose and Poetry by Women in the Early Eighteenth Century. Oxford University. |
Timeline
1658: Aurangzeb seized the Mughal (or Mogul) throne,...
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1658
Aurangzeb
seized the Mughal (or Mogul) throne, becoming Emperor of a territory including most of present-day India and parts of what are now other countries. His near fifty-year rule was less than half over at...
May 1660: John Dryden published Astræa Redux, a poem...
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May 1660
John Dryden
published Astræa Redux, a poem of welcome to the returning Charles II
; he followed it with other monarchist poems.
5 February 1663: John Dryden's first play, The Wild Gallant,...
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5 February 1663
John Dryden
's first play, The Wild Gallant, a comedy, opened on stage.
16 January 1664: The Indian Queen, the first heroic tragedy...
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16 January 1664
The Indian Queen, the first heroic tragedy on the English stage, by John Dryden
and Sir Robert Howard
, opened in London.
: John Dryden's The Indian Emperour (sequel...
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Spring1665
John Dryden
's The Indian Emperour (sequel to The Indian Queen) was first performed in London.
3 June 1665: The English fleet defeated the Dutch in a...
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3 June 1665
The English fleet defeated the Dutch in a sea-battle fought close enough to shore for the cannonade to be heard in London; John Dryden
set the dialogue of An Essay of Dramatick Poesie (1667...
January or February 1667: John Dryden published his heroic, or epic,...
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January or February 1667
John Dryden
published his heroic, or epic, poemAnnus Mirabilis.
2 March 1667: Dryden's Secret Love, or the Maiden Queen...
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2 March 1667
Dryden
's Secret Love, or the Maiden Queen had its first performance at Drury Lane Theatre
, with Nell Gwyn
in the cast and Samuel Pepys
, Charles II
, and the future James II
in the audience.
August 1667: John Dryden published An Essay of Dramatick...
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August 1667
John Dryden
published An Essay of Dramatick Poesie, bearing the title-page date of 1668.
13 April 1668: Six days after the death of Sir William Davenant,...
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13 April 1668
Six days after the death of Sir William Davenant
, the Poet Laureate, John Dryden
was appointed to fill the position.
7 November 1670: The joint operatic adaptation of Shakespeare's...
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7 November 1670
The joint operatic adaptation of Shakespeare
's The Tempest by John Dryden
and the late Sir William Davenant
was first staged.
December 1671: The Rehearsal, containing Buckingham's merciless...
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December 1671
The Rehearsal, containing Buckingham
's merciless satirical portrait of Dryden
, finally reached the stage.
By 17 November 1675: John Dryden's heroic tragedy Aureng-Zebe...
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By 17 November 1675
John Dryden
's heroic tragedyAureng-Zebe had its first performance.
12 December 1677: John Dryden's tragedy All for Love; or, The...
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12 December 1677
John Dryden
's tragedyAll for Love; or, The World Well Lost (a blank-verse re-writing of Shakespeare
's Antony and Cleopatra) received its first known (perhaps not its first) performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
.
1680: John Dryden, with others, published a collaborative...
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1680
John Dryden
, with others, published a collaborative versetranslation of Ovid
's Epistles (or Heroides).
Texts
Dryden, John. “Biographical Table”. Dryden: Poetry, Prose and Plays, edited by Douglas Grant, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1952.
Dryden, John. Dryden, Poetry, Prose and Plays. Editor Grant, Douglas, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1952.
Dryden, John. Selected Poetry and Prose of John Dryden. Editor Miner, Earl, The Modern Library, 1985.
Dryden, John. The Letters of John Dryden: With Letters Addressed to Him. Editor Ward, Charles E., Duke University Press, 1942.