1664 in Literature - Events

Events

  • April 6 - Moses ben Isaac Bonems is the first signatory of the approbations to works given by the members of the Council of Four Lands at the Gramnitza (candlestick) fair.
  • November 5 - Sir William Davenant's "dramatic opera" Macbeth, adapted from Shakespeare's play, is performed for the first time.
  • Thomas Killigrew and the King's Company stage Killigrew's The Parson's Wedding with an all-female cast. (Killigrew attempts a similar all-female production of his play Thomaso, though the project is never realized.)

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