Dramatic works
Dates given are (acted/published) and unless otherwise noted are taken from Scott's edition.[44]
- The Wild Gallant, a Comedy (1663/1669)
- The Rival Ladies, a Tragi-Comedy (1663/1664)
- The Indian Queen, a Tragedy (1664/1665)
- The Indian Emperor, or the Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards (1665/)
- Secret Love, or the Maiden Queen (1667/)
- Sir Martin Mar-all, or the Feigned Innocence, a Comedy (1667/1668)
- The Tempest, or the Enchanted Island, a Comedy (1667/1670), an adaptation with William D'Avenant of Shakespeare's The Tempest
- An Evening's Love, or the Mock Astrologer, a Comedy (1668/1668)
- Tyrannick Love, or the Royal Martyr, a Tragedy (1668 or 1669/1670)
- Almanzor and Almahide, or the Conquest of Granada by the Spaniards, a Tragedy, Part I & Part II (1669 or 1670/1672)
- Marriage-a-la-Mode, a Comedy (1673/1673)
- The Assignation, or Love in a Nunnery, a Comedy (1672/1673)
- Amboyna; or the Cruelties of the Dutch to the English Merchants, a Tragedy (1673/1673)
- The Mistaken Husband (comedy) (1674/1675)[45]
- The State of Innocence, and Fall of Man, an Opera (/1674)
- Aureng-Zebe, a Tragedy (1676/1676)
- All for Love, or the World Well Lost, a Tragedy (1678/1678)
- Limberham, or the Kind Keeper, a Comedy (/1678)
- Oedipus, a Tragedy (1678 or 1679/1679), an adaptation with Nathaniel Lee of Sophocles' Oedipus
- Troilus and Cressida, or Truth found too late, a Tragedy (/1679)
- The Spanish Friar, or the Double Discovery (1681 or 1682/)
- The Duke of Guise, a Tragedy (1682/1683) with Nathaniel Lee
- Albion and Albanius, an Opera (1685/1685)
- Don Sebastian, a Tragedy (1690/1690)
- Amphitryon, or the Two Sosias, a Comedy (1690/1690)
- King Arthur, or the British Worthy, a Dramatic Opera (1691/1691)
- Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy (1692/1692)
- Love Triumphant, or Nature will prevail, a Tragedy (1693 or 1694/1693 or 1694)
- The Secular Masque (1700/1700)
Other works
The infant Prince of Wales whose birth Dryden celebrated in Britannia Rediviva- Astraea Redux, 1660
- Annus Mirabilis (poem), 1667
- An Essay of Dramatick Poesie, 1668
- Absalom and Achitophel, 1681
- Mac Flecknoe, 1682
- The Medal, 1682
- Religio Laici, 1682
- To the Memory of Mr. Oldham, 1684
- Threnodia Augustalis, 1685
- The Hind and the Panther, 1687
- A Song for St. Cecilia's Day, 1687
- Britannia Rediviva, 1688, written to mark the birth of James, Prince of Wales.
- Epigram on Milton, 1688
- Creator Spirit, by whose aid, 1690. Translation of Rabanus Maurus' Veni Creator Spiritus[46]
- The Works of Virgil, 1697
- Alexander's Feast, 1697
- Fables, Ancient and Modern, 1700
- Palamon and Arcite
- The Art of Satire