achievements of John Dryden
Performances of "Marriage-à-la-Mode," John Dryden's comedy about the battle between the sexes, will highlight an international conference at Yale marking the 300th anniversary of the death of the English author.
The Dryden conference will take place 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 6 and 7, at the Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel St. The event was organized by the center in cooperation with the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the Lewis Walpole Library of Yale.
The assembled scholars will discuss Dryden's multi-faceted achievements as a poet, playwright, translator and critic, with particular focus on his relationship to other English poets, such as Shakespeare, Milton, Rochester and Pope.
The presenters will include Barbara Everett and Emrys Jones of Oxford University, Harold Love and Ian Higgins from Australia, and Lawrence Manley and Louis Martz of Yale. Patrick McCaughey, director of the Yale Center for British Art, will offer welcoming remarks, and Yale faculty members Claude Rawson, John Rogers and Susanna Morton Braund will chair conference sessions.
Murray Biggs, adjunct associate professor of English and theater studies, will speak at the conference about "Staging 'Marriage-à-la-Mode.'" The undergraduate production, which Biggs directs, will be presented at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 5-7, and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 8, at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 121 Wall St. Admission is free, but reservations are required. For reserved tickets, contact anne.letterman@yale.edu.
John Dryden (1631-1700) is considered one of the most important literary figures of The Restoration. In his early years, he concentrated on playwriting and attempted to found a new theatrical genre, the heroic tragedy. Although this form proved to be short-lived, his successful efforts in the genre included "Tyrannick Love" and "The Conquest of Granada by the Spaniards." He eventually produced nearly 30 works for the stage, including adaptations of several Shakespearean works. In his later years, Dryden turned to poetry, winning acclaim for such works as "Absalom and Achitophel." He also wrote the libretto for several operas, including "The State of Innocence," an adaptation of Milton's "Paradise Lost"; produced a major critical study titled "An Essay on Dramatic Poesy"; and authored a number of translations, including the works of Virgil.
Admission to the Dryden conference is free. For more information, call (203) 432-2969 or visit the conference website at www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/jdryden.htm.
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