All for Love; or, The World Well Lost: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

All for Love; or, The World Well Lost, credited to John Dryden, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of All for Love; or, The World Well Lost by John Dryden. Read in English by ToddHW; Chuck Williamson; alanmapstone; Rob Marland; Peter Tucker; Mike Harris; Tomas Peter; Dafni Ma; Beth Thomas; KHand; Leanne Yau; Phil Schempf; Zoe Trang; Sonia; JennaEleni All for Love is widely considered to be John Dryden's finest work, dramatic or otherwise. A tragedy written in blank verse, it retells the story of Roman general Marc Antony's love affair with the alluring Egyptian queen Cleopatra and their eventual double-suicide. Compared to the more famous rendition of the tale by William Shakespeare, however, which is grand and hectic in terms of setting, Dryden chooses instead to focus in on the lovers' last days in Alexandria as the threat of their defeat looms and their legacies are contested. The result is a swelling, elegant, emotional drama that perceptively considers such themes as loyalty and love, fidelity in marriage, the lasting endurance of friendship, and even the tenuous construct of masculinity. In short, it's truly a gem of the Restoration repertoire. - Summary by Tomas Peter Cast List: Mark Antony: Tomas Peter Ventidius: Peter Tucker Dolabella: Phil Schempf Alexas: Dafni Ma Serapion: Alan Mapstone Myris: Chuck Williamson Gentleman 1: Mike Harris Gentleman 2: ToddHW Cleopatra: Beth Thomas Octavia: Sonia Charmion: Leanne Yau Iras: KHand Agrippina: Zoe Trang Antonia: Jenna Eleni Narrator: Rob Marland Editor: ToddHW

Recording facts

• Recording title: All for Love; or, The World Well Lost
• Author credits: John Dryden
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 5
• Listed recording duration: 2:44:19

Catalogue topics

• tragedy
• Cleopatra
• Ancient Egypt
• blank verse
• antony
• heroic drama
• dryden

Track guide

1. 01 - ACT I — 33:10
2. 02 - ACT II — 28:05
3. 03 - ACT III — 30:16
4. 04 - ACT IV — 35:26
5. 05 - ACT V — 37:22

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