1634 in Literature - Events

Events

  • January 1 - The King's Men perform Cymbeline at the court of King Charles I of England.
  • January 22 - The King's Men perform Davenant's The Wits at the Blackfriars Theatre.
  • February 3 - James Shirley's spectacular masque The Triumph of Peace is staged in London. A repeat performance takes place on February 13.
  • February 6 - Shirley's play The Gamester is performed at court.
  • February 18 - Thomas Carew's masque Coelum Britannicum is staged at Whitehall Palace.
  • April 7 - The King's Men perform Chapman's Bussy D'Ambois at court.
  • April 8 - The Two Noble Kinsmen is entered into the Stationers' Register; it is published later in the year.
  • May 1 - Lodowick Carlell's play The Spartan Lady (now lost) is performed.
  • May 21 - A play called Lisander and Callista is performed — probably a version of the Fletcher/Massinger collaboration The Lovers' Progress.
  • July 30 - Ben Jonson's final masque, Love's Welcome at Bolsover, is performed at Bolsover Castle.
  • The Académie française is founded by Cardinal Richelieu.
  • The Duke de Medinaceli forces Francisco de Quevedo into a short-lived marriage with Doña Esperanza de Aragón.

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