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John Dryden

19 August 1631 – 12 May 1700
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The leading English poet and playwright of the Restoration, and the first Poet Laureate, appointed in 1668. He wrote heroic plays such as The Conquest of Granada, satires such as Absalom and Achitophel (1681), translations of Virgil, and criticism, notably An Essay of Dramatic Poesy (1668). As a Catholic he lost the laureateship after the Revolution of 1688.

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1672
The Conquest of Granada by the Spaniards

The Conquest of Granada is a Restoration era stage play, a two-part tragedy written by John Dryden that was first acted in 1670 and 1671 and published in 1672.

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