Hamlet to Hamilton: Exploring Verse Drama

S2 E2: Verse Drama Meets Opera: John Dryden's "The British Worthy" (1691)


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Today we're looking at a truly interesting and pivotal moment in the development of verse drama as we know it, as we delve into the origins of the verse "opera," with John Dryden's King Arthur, Or The British Worthy.

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