The State of Innocence The State of Innocence The State of Innocence was intended to be performed as an opera, with the libretto written in 1674, (first published in 1677) by John Dryden. It is basically a musical stage adaptation of John Milton's epic poem "Paradise Lost", a tribute to Milton rather than a satire of the poem. That Dryden was an admirer of Milton's is surprising as the two men were politically opposed. Milton was against the restoration of the British monarchy, while the royalist Dryden was created England’s first Poet Laureate by the restored Charles II. So great an admirer of Milton
Legends of the Jews and the World - The Angels and the Creation of Man - The Creation of Adam - The Soul of Man - The Ideal Man - The Fall of Satan - Woman - Adam and Eve in Paradise - The Fall of Man - The Punishment - Sabbath in Heaven - Adam's Repentance - The Book of Raziel - The Sickness of Adam - Eve's Story of the Fall - The Death of Adam - The Death of Eve The Birth of Cain - Fratricide - The Punishment of Cain - The Inhabitants of the Seven Earths - The Descendants