John Dryden All for Love

John Dryden All for Love – The play is a heroic tragedy written in blank verse, adhering to the neoclassical principles of unity of time, place, and action, in contrast to the broader scope of Shakespeare’s version. The action is confined to Alexandria and focuses on the final days of the Roman general Mark Antony and his doomed love affair with Cleopatra, the Queen of Egypt. Antony, having lost the Battle of Actium to Octavius Caesar, is torn between his love for Cleopatra and his duty to Rome, his wife Octavia, and his political allies.