King Arthur, or The British Worthy, is a semi-opera in five acts with music by Henry Purcell and a
libretto by John Dryden. It was first performed at the Queen's Theatre, Dorset Garden, London, in late May or early June 1691.
Henry Purcell c. 1695
Portrait of John Dryden by Godfrey Kneller, 1698
Henry Purcell was an English composer of Baroque music.
Portrait by John Closterman, c. 1695
Engraved portrait of Purcell by R. White after Closterman, from Orpheus Britannicus
Purcell's manuscript copy of When on my sick bed I languish (c. 1680)
17th-century etching of Purcell