The Wild Gallant' is a comedy written by -

The Wild Gallant is a comedy by John Dryden.

As a poet, Dryden is best known as a satirist and was England's first poet laureate in 1668. In addition to satires, Dryden wrote elegies, prologues, epilogues, odes, and panegyrics.

His most famous poem is Absalom and Achitophel (1681).
- His best known dramatic works are:
- Marriage á la Mode (1672) and
- All for Love (1678), which was written in blank verse.
- The Mistaken Husband,
- Absalom and Achitophel,
- Mac Flecknoe etc.

Source: An ABC OF English Literature, Dr. M. Mofizar Rahman & Britannica.com