All for Love (play)

All for Love
Mrs. Ward as Octavia in All for Love
Written by	John Dryden
Date premiered	1677
Place premiered	London
Original language	English
Subject	Adaptation of Antony and Cleopatra
Genre	Tragedy
Setting	Alexandria, Egypt

All for Love; or, the World Well Lost, is a 1677 heroic drama by John Dryden which is now his best-known and most performed play. It is dedicated to Earl of Danby. It is a tragedy written in blank verse and is an attempt on Dryden's part to reinvigorate serious drama. 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.^[1]