This author wrote a dialogue between Eugenius, Crites, Lisideius, and Neander, the last of whom asserts that Shakespeare was "the greatest soul, ancient or modern". One of his poems opens with the line "All human things are subject to decay, and when fate summons, monarchs must obey". The usurper Polydamas is dethroned by Leonidas, who finally marries Palmyra, in (*) Marriage a la Mode , a play by this author of an attack on the "true-blue Protestant" Thomas Shadwell. Monmouth and Shaftesbury are represented as the title characters of a political satire by this man, who reworked Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra in his most famous play. For 10 points, identify this 
This author wrote a dialogue between Eugenius, Crites, Lisideius, and Neander, the last of whom asserts that Shakespeare was "the greatest soul, ancient or modern". One of his poems opens with the line "All human things are subject to decay, and when fate summons, monarchs must obey". The usurper Polydamas is dethroned by Leonidas, who finally marries Palmyra, in (*) Marriage a la Mode , a play by this author of an attack on the "true-blue Protestant" Thomas Shadwell. Monmouth and Shaftesbury are represented as the title characters of a political satire by this man, who reworked Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra in his most famous play. For 10 points, identify this author of "Mac Flecknoe", "Absalom and Achitophel", and All for Love.
This author wrote a dialogue between Eugenius, Crites, Lisideius, and Neander, the last of whom asserts that Shakespeare was "the greatest soul, ancient or modern".
John Dryden