All for Love is a heroic drama by John Dryden written in 1677. Heroic drama is a type of play popular during the Restoration era in England, distinguished by both its verse structure and its subject matter John Dryden (– was an influential English poet Literary critic, Translator and playwright who dominated the literary life of Restoration England Today, it is Dryden’s best-known and most performed play. It is a tragedy written in blank verse and is an attempt on Dryden's part to reinvigorate serious drama. Blank verse is a type of Poetry, distinguished by having a regular meter, but no Rhyme. It is an acknowledged imitation of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, and focuses on the last hours of the lives of its hero and heroine. William Shakespeare ( baptised Antony and Cleopatra is a Tragedy by William Shakespeare. It was first printed in the First Folio of 1623 A hero (from Greek grc ἥρως hērōs) in Greek mythology and Folklore, was originally a Demigod, the offspring of a mortal and A hero (from Greek grc ἥρως hērōs) in Greek mythology and Folklore, was originally a Demigod, the offspring of a mortal and
Combining the unities of classical theatre and the style of Shakespearean drama, Dryden creates an elaborately formal production in which fashionable philosophies of the time could be discussed and debated in a public atmosphere. English Renaissance theatre is English drama written between the Reformation and the closure of the theatres in 1642. Dryden used the theatre as a forum for testing problematic philosophical, moral and political questions. The results of these investigations were to form the basis of his later works.
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