by John Dryden with Leo McKern and Valerie Hanson
Scene:
Alexandria Cast in order of speaking:
Anthony's daughters and Gentlemen played by members of the BBC
Drama Repertory Company
Music by ANTHONY BERNARD based on Purcell's Elegy on the death of Matthew Locke played by the London Chamber Orchestra Leader, Lionel Bentley
Produced by R. D. SMITH tThird broadcast
All for Love was first played by the King's Company at Drury Lane in the winter of 1677-78. Dryden had previously advocated rhyme as the proper medium for tragedy, but in All for Love he felt a need for greater freedom of expression: ' In my stile I have profess'd to imitate the divine Shakespere; which that I might perform more freely, I have disencumber'd myself from rhyme. Not that I condemn my former way, but that is more proper to my present purpose.'
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A gramophone record of music arranged and played by Henrik Boye (harp)