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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instanceOf play
stage work
tragedy
alsoKnownAs All for Love; or, the World Well Lost NERFINISHED
author John Dryden NERFINISHED
basedOn Antony and Cleopatra NERFINISHED
basedOnWorkBy William Shakespeare NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Mark Antony NERFINISHED
Octavia the Younger NERFINISHED
intendedVenue London theatre
language English
literaryForm drama
literaryMovement neoclassicism
literaryPeriod Restoration era NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Alexas NERFINISHED
Cleopatra NERFINISHED
Mark Antony NERFINISHED
Octavia NERFINISHED
Ventidius NERFINISHED
notableFor concentration on final hours of Antony and Cleopatra
departure from Shakespearean structure
originalMedium stage
period Restoration literature
publicationDate 1677
setting Alexandria NERFINISHED
settingPeriod ancient Rome NERFINISHED
style neoclassical
subject Roman civil wars NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED

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