Cover of The Wild Gallant

1669

The Wild Gallant

by John Dryden

play written by John Dryden

  • 1669

Summary

The Wild Gallant is a Restoration comedy written by John Dryden. It was Dryden's earliest play, and written in prose, except for the prologue, and the epilogue, which are in verse. It was premiered on the stage by the King's Company at their Vere Street theatre, formerly Gibbon's Tennis Court, on February 5, 1663. As Dryden himself stated in his Preface, it was "the first attempt I made in Dramatique Poetry."

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