Drama
- Anonymous - Alphonsus Emperor of Germany published (wrongly attributed to George Chapman)
- Richard Flecknoe - Love's Dominion
- Henry Glapthorne (?) - Revenge for Honour published (wrongly attributed to George Chapman)
- James Howell - The Nuptials of Peleus and Thetis (published)
- Thomas Jordan - Cupid His Coronation
- Thomas May - Two Tragedies, viz. Cleopatra and Agrippina (published)
- Robert Mead - The Combat of Love and Friendship (published)
- Agustín Moreto - El desdén, con el desdén (first published)
- Philippe Quinault - L'Amant indiscret
- Joost van den Vondel - Lucifer
- John Webster (& Thomas Heywood?) - Appius and Virginia (published)
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“It’s hard enough to write a good drama, it’s much harder to write a good comedy, and it’s hardest of all to write a drama with comedy. Which is what life is.”
—Jack Lemmon (b. 1925)
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—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)