For 10 points, name this playwright of The Spanish Friar and Aurengzebe who also wrote the poems "Mac Flecknoe" and "Annus Mirabilis."
In one play by this author, we learn Sancho is a deposed king locked up in a dungeon, whose kingdom of Aragon is besieged by Moors until Duke Bertran routs them with Torrismund's help. Another of this author's plays, dedicated to the Earl of Mulgrave, sees the "Old Emperor" express his love for Nourmahal several times and is titled after an Indian Emperor. This dramatist has also written a poetic attack on his contemporary Thomas Shadwell, as well as a poem that describes London in the year 1666. For 10 points, name this playwright of The Spanish Friar and Aurengzebe who also wrote the poems "Mac Flecknoe" and "Annus Mirabilis."
In one play by this author, we learn Sancho is a deposed king locked up in a dungeon, whose kingdom of Aragon is besieged by Moors until Duke Bertran routs them with Torrismund's help.
John {Dryden}