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Sep 2025
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"A Foolish Marriage Vow": John Dryden's ...

M. G. McDonough
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Send us Fan Mail For our second episode on John Dryden, we'll talk about two of his plays which marked an innovation in the tragi-comic romance: Marriage a la Mode and Amphitryon. We'll discuss the "split-plot" play, the exorcising of Restoration political anxieties, and why we sometimes mock that which we cherish. Additional sound clip from Monty Python's ... Show More
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