All for Love

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All for Love is a 1677 tragic play by John Dryden that retells the story of Antony and Cleopatra in a neoclassical style focused on intense emotional conflict and moral choice.

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All for Love canonical 4
All for Love; or, the World Well Lost 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf play ⓘ
stage work ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs All for Love; or, the World Well Lost ⓘ
linked to: All for Love
author John Dryden ⓘ
basedOn Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy William Shakespeare ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
dramaticMode heroic tragedy ⓘ
dramaticStructure five-act play ⓘ
dramaticUnities unity of action ⓘ
unity of place ⓘ
unity of time ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1677 ⓘ
focus intense emotional conflict ⓘ
moral decision-making ⓘ
genre tragedy ⓘ
hasInfluenced later adaptations of Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
historicalFiguresDepicted Cleopatra VII ⓘ
Mark Antony ⓘ
Octavia the Younger ⓘ
intendedVenue London theatre ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm drama ⓘ
literaryMovement neoclassicism ⓘ
literaryPeriod Restoration era ⓘ
linked to: Stuart period
mainCharacter Alexas ⓘ
Cleopatra ⓘ
Mark Antony ⓘ
Octavia ⓘ
Ventidius ⓘ
notableFor concentration on final hours of Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
departure from Shakespearean structure ⓘ
originalMedium stage ⓘ
period Restoration literature ⓘ
publicationDate 1677 ⓘ
setting Alexandria ⓘ
settingPeriod ancient Rome ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity
style neoclassical ⓘ
subject Roman civil wars ⓘ
political power and personal desire ⓘ
theme conflict between passion and reason ⓘ
duty ⓘ
honor ⓘ
love ⓘ
moral choice ⓘ
timeOfAction final days of Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
verseForm blank verse ⓘ
writer John Dryden ⓘ

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John Dryden → notableWork → All for Love ⓘ
Shapeshifting → hasPart → All for Love ⓘ
All for Love → alsoKnownAs → All for Love; or, the World Well Lost ⓘ
linked to: All for Love
With You All the Way → partOf → All for Love ⓘ
Raymond Jones → notableWork → All for Love ⓘ