Poet laureate of England from 1668 until his death. Particularly productive as a playwright, Dryden also ventured into a wide range of other genres, including satires, lyric poetry, essays, and literary criticism. His best-known dramatic works include an adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest (1667, pub. 1670) and two other plays, Marriage A la Mode (1671; pub. 1673) and All for Love (1677, pub. 1678). Other highlights in his work include Of Dramatick Poesie: An Essay (1668), one of the classics in the canon of literary criticism; Absalom and Achitophel (1681), a political poem in support of Charles II; and Mac Flecknoe (1682), a devastating satire of several rival poets. Additional play productions include The Wild Gallant (1663), The Indian Queen Sir Robert Howard, 1664), The Rival Ladies (1664), The Indian Emperor (1665), Secret Love (1667), Sir Martin Mar-All (with William Cavendish, duke of Newcastle,1667), An Evening's Love; or, The Mock Astrologer (1668), Tyrannic Love (1669), The Conquest of Granada (1671), The Assignation; or, Love in a Nunnery (1672), Amboyna (1673), Aureng-Zebe (1675), The Kind Keeper; or, Mr. Limberham (1678), Oedipus (with Nathaniel Lee, 1678), Troilus and Cressida (from Shakespeare's play, 1679), The Spanish Friar (1680), The Duke of Guise with Nathaniel Lee, 1682), Albion and Albanius (text by Dryden, music by Louis Grabu, 1685), Don Sebastian (1689), Amphitryou (1690), King Arthur (text by Dryden, music by Henry Purcell, 1691), Cleomenes (with Thomas Southerne, 1692), and Love Triumphant (1694).