The playwright, who wrote, The Assignation, was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668.
The Assignation, or Love in a Nunnery is a Restoration comedy written by John Dryden. 
John Dryden ( ; 19 August[O.S. 9 August]1631  12 May[O.S. 1 May]1700 ) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668. 
