All for Love; or, The World Well Lost-John Dryden

Tales of King Arthur and the Round Table · Nov 5, 2026 · 2h 44m

All for Love; or, The World Well Lost by John Dryden.

All for Love is widely considered to be John Dryden's finest work, dramatic or otherwise. A tragedy written in blank verse, it retells the story of Roman general Marc Antony's love affair with the alluring Egyptian queen Cleopatra and their eventual double-suicide. Compared to the more famous rendition of the tale by William Shakespeare, however, which is grand and hectic in terms of setting, Dryden chooses instead to focus in on the lovers' last days in Alexandria as the threat of their defeat looms and their legacies are contested. The…