A Collection of Five Dryden Plays
Five Plays.
London: Henry Herringman, 1691.
Full Description:
DRYDEN, John. Marriage A-La-Mode, A Comedy as it is acted at the Theatre Royal. In the Savoy: Printed by Edward Jones for Henry Herringman, 1691. Quarto. 64pp. Newer wrappers. Very good.
[With]:
An Evenings Love: or, The Mock-Astrologer as it is, Acted by their Majesties Servants. London: Printed for Henry Herringman, 1691. Quarto. 64pp. Newer wrappers. Very good.
[With]:
The Assignation: or Love in a Nunnery, as it is acted at the Theatre Royal. Third edition. London: Printed for Richard Bently, 1692. Quarto. 56pps, Newer wrappers. Very good.
[With]:
The Conquest of Granada by the Spaniards, In Two Parts... Fifth Edition. London: Printed for Henry Herringman,1695. Quarto. 126pp. Newer marbled wrappers. Very good.
[And]:
Tyrannick Love; or the Royal Martyr. A Tragedy... London: Printed for Henry Herringman, 1695. Quarto. 59pp. Newer wrappers. Very good.
"After John Donne and John Milton, John Dryden was the greatest English poet of the 17th century. After William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, he was the greatest playwright. And he has no peer as a writer of prose, especially literary criticism, and as a translator. Other figures, such as George Herbert or Andrew Marvell or William Wycherley or William Congreve, may figure more prominently in anthologies and literary histories, but Dryden’s sustained output in both poetry and drama ranks him higher. After Shakespeare, he wrote the greatest heroic play of the century, The Conquest of Granada (1670, 1671), and the greatest tragicomedy, Marriage A-la-Mode (1671). He wrote the greatest tragedy of the Restoration, All for Love (1677), the greatest tragicomedy, Don Sebastian (1689), and one of the greatest comedies, Amphitryon (1690)." (The Poetry Foundation).
HBS 69727.
$1,500.
Price: $1,500.00
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