Events
- January 1 - Oberon, the Faery Prince, a masque written by Ben Jonson and designed by Inigo Jones, is performed at Whitehall Palace.
- February 3 - Love Freed from Ignorance and Folly, another Jonson/Jones masque, is staged at Whitehall.
- November 1 - The King's Men perform The Tempest at Whitehall Palace.
- November 5 - The King's Men perform The Winter's Tale at Whitehall Palace.
- December 26 - The King's Men return to Court with Beaumont and Fletcher's A King and No King
- December 27 - Queen Anne's Men act one of their most popular plays, Greene's Tu Quoque.
- Juan Ruiz de Alarcón returns to Spain from Mexico.
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