Aureng-zebe

Aureng-zebe is a Restoration drama by John Dryden, written in 1675. It is based loosely on the figures of Aurangzeb (Aureng-zebe), the then-reigning Mughal Emperor of India; his brother, Murad Baksh (Morat); and their father, Shah Jahan (Emperor). The piece is the last drama that Dryden wrote in rhymed verse. It is considered his best heroic work.

The premiere production by the King's Company featured Charles Hart in the title role, Michael Mohun as the Old Emperor, Edward Kynaston as Morat, William Wintershall as Arimant, Rebecca Marshall as the Empress Nourmahal, Elizabeth Cox as Indamora, and Mary Corbet as Melesinda.^[1]

References

↑ John Downes, Roscius Anglicanus, London, 1708, Montague Summers, ed., London, Fortune Press [no date]; reprinted New York, Benjamin Blom, 1963.

External links

Text of the play

Works by John Dryden

Essays	Essay of Dramatick Poesie (1668)

Translations	Fables, Ancient and Modern (1700)

Operas	Albion and Albanius (1685) King Arthur (1691)

Poetry	Astraea Redux (1660) Annus Mirabilis (1667) Absalom and Achitophel (1681-82) Mac Flecknoe (1682) Religio Laici (1682) Threnodia Augustalis (1685) The Hind and the Panther (1687) Alexander's Feast (1697)

Plays	The Wild Gallant (1663) The Indian Emperour (1665) The Tempest (1667) Sir Martin Mar-all (1667) An Evening's Love (1668) Tyrannick Love (1669) The Conquest of Granada (1670) The Assignation (1672) Marriage à la mode (1672) Amboyna (1673) The Mistaken Husband (1674) Aureng-zebe (1675) All for Love (1678) Oedipus (1679) Amphitryon (1690)

Related	Heroic couplet

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