Dryden: A SelectionMethuen, 1978 - 632 pages |
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Page xvii
... play Dryden wrote by himself , performed in 1665. In two powerful plays which appeared before The Rehearsal , Tyrannic Love and The Conquest of Granada , he still has zest for the form , and confidence in its potentialities beyond the ...
... play Dryden wrote by himself , performed in 1665. In two powerful plays which appeared before The Rehearsal , Tyrannic Love and The Conquest of Granada , he still has zest for the form , and confidence in its potentialities beyond the ...
Page 491
... play , should be proportioned as near as can be to the duration of that time in which it is represented ; since , therefore , all plays are acted on the theatre in a space of time much within the compass of twenty - four hours , that play ...
... play , should be proportioned as near as can be to the duration of that time in which it is represented ; since , therefore , all plays are acted on the theatre in a space of time much within the compass of twenty - four hours , that play ...
Page 492
... play when all the persons are known to each other , and every one of them has some affairs with all the rest . ' As for the third unity , which is that of action , the Ancients meant no other by it than what the logicians do by their ...
... play when all the persons are known to each other , and every one of them has some affairs with all the rest . ' As for the third unity , which is that of action , the Ancients meant no other by it than what the logicians do by their ...
Contents
Upon the Death of the Lord Hastings 37 | 3 |
Heroic Stanzas to the Memory of Oliver Cromwell | 14 |
To Dr Charleton | 28 |
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action ALEXAS Ancients ANTONY appear arms bear beauty better cause characters CLEOPATRA comedy concernment court dear death DOLABELLA DORALICE Dryden English Enter eyes fate father fear fire foes follow force fortune French give hand happy haste hear heart Heav'n honour hope Italy judge kind king laws least leave LEONIDAS less live look lord lost manners means MELANTHA mind move nature never observed once pains PALAMEDE PALMYRA pass passions Persius persons pity play pleased plot poem poet poor praise prince raise reason rest RHODOPHIL rhyme Roman rule satire scene sense side soul speak stage stand sure tell thee things thou thought tragedy translation true turn VENTIDIUS verse virtue wife write young
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