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Prose version published in The Works of the Late Aaron Hill, Esqof Hill's poem, The Art of Acting (1746), promoting naturalistic acting in the English theater.

Online educational resource designed to accompany and supplement the virtual reconstructed Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (1674) in Second Life. Read more here

A photograph of a 1936 performance of Wycherley'sThe Country Wifeat the Old Vic Theater in London. For more information see The Victoria & Albert Museum

half-length standing portrait, part of Kneller's Kit-Cat Club portraits. For more information, see NPG

Half-length portrait. For more information, seeNPG

Half-length portrait.For more information, seeYale Center for British Art

This full-length portrait of Dryden emphasizes his sources in the volumes ( Montaigne, Horace, Virgil, Homer) on the table at his left hand. A dog looks up at Dryden from the foreground; an eagle is depicted on the ledge. A distant view of Parnassus…

John Dryden, dramatist and newly appointed poet laureate. The decorative border includes quotes from Roman poets, laurel branches, and the motto "Par omnibus Vnus" (one to equal them all). See a fuller description from the Historical Portraits Image…

Portrait of Thomas Killigrew with a dog and a writing desk. A portrait of Charles I hangs above the desk; as a sign of mourning, black ribbon is tied on the author's wrist as well as the royal portrait.

List of characters and players for the first run of The Country Wife in 1675 at Drury Lane Theater.