Oedipus (Dryden play)
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The heroic drama Oedipus: A Tragedy, is an adaptation of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, written by John Dryden and Nathaniel Lee. After being licensed in 1678 and published in 1679, it became a huge success
Title page of Oedipus: A Tragedy (1679).
John Dryden by John Michael Wright, 1668, National Portrait Gallery, London
Troilus And Cressida; Or, Truth Found Too Late is a 1679 tragedy by the English writer John Dryden. It was first staged by the Duke's Company at the Dorset Garden Theatre in London. It was a reworking
Oedipus (Dryden play)
…and Magnes also printed The Kind Keeper, though Dryden complained that they had done so in his absence and without his supervision. With his next play, Troilus and Cressida, he began an association with Jacob Tonson that would last the rest of his life. It remains uncertain when exactly the tragedy was performed on stage…
Troilus and Cressida
A Scene from Troilus and Cressida Angelica Kauffmann