1606 in literature

none May 2012 1606 literature July 2020 This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1606. Events January? – Sir Thomas Craig becomes church procurator. February... – John Day's satirical play The Isle of Gulls causes a scandal which sends several of the young actors from the Children of the Chapel to prison for short periods. Spring – Ben Jonson's satirical play Volpone is first performed, by the King's Men at the Globe Theatre in London. May 27 – The English Parliament passes An Act to Restrain Abuses of Players, tightening censorship controls on public theatre performances, notably in relation to profane oaths. August 7 – Possible first performance of Shakespeare's Macbeth, with Richard Burbage in the title role, amongst a series of plays presented by the King's Men before Kings James I of England and Christian IV of Denmark (his brother-in-law) at Hampton Court Palace in England.978-184831-247-0 Love, Sex, Death & Words: surprising tales from a year in literature John Sutherland John Sutherland (author) Stephen Fender London Icon 2011 7 August 297–8 November 14 – Marc Lescarbot's dramatic poem Théâtre de Neptune is performed at the Habitation at Port-Royal, Nova Scotia, the first theatrical performance in North America. December 26 (Saint Stephen's Day) – Shakespeare's King Lear is performed at Court before King James I of England. The title role is played by Richard Burbage and the Fool by Robert Armin. New books Prose Thomas Dekker The Double PP News From Hell Salvator Fabris – Lo Schermo, overo Scienza D'Arme Philemon Holland – The Historie of Twelve Caesars, a translation of Suetonius's De vita Caesarum Johannes Kepler – De Stella Nova Drama Anonymous (published) The Returne from Pernassus, or The Scourge of Simony Wily Beguiled Anonymous (probably Thomas Middleton) – The Revenger's TragedySuzanne Gossett Thomas Middleton in Context https://books.google.com/books?id=xJ4OjLx0aEIC&pg=PR23 21 April 2011 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-19054-1 23 George Chapman Sir Giles Goosecap (attributed; published)Akihiro Yamada Experiencing Drama in the English Renaissance: Readers and Audiences https://books.google.com/books?id=OEYlDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA160 28 April 2017 Taylor & Francis 978-1-351-76446-9 160 The Gentleman Usher (published) Monsieur D'Olive (published) John Day – The Isle of Gulls Lope de Vega El anzuelo de Fenisa (Fenisa's Hook) La discreta enamorada es El gran duque de Moscovia Ben Jonson Volpone Hymenaei John Marston The Wonder of Women, or the Tragedy of Sophonisba Parasitaster, or The Fawn (published) Thomas Middleton (attributed) – The Puritan, or, The Widow of Watling-Street (probable date) William ShakespeareScholars date completion of these plays as between 1603 and 1606. Charles Boyce Encyclopaedia of Shakespeare New York Roundtable Press 1990 Macbeth (possible first performance) King Lear (first recorded performance) Edward Sharpham – The Fleir Poetry Hieronim Morsztyn – Światowa Rozkosz (Worldly Pleasure) Jean Passerat (posthumous) – Recueil des œuvres poétiques Births February 28 – William Davenant, English poet and dramatist (died 1668) March 3 – Edmund Waller, English poet (died 1687) May 12 – Joachim von Sandrart, German art historian (died 1688) June 6 – Pierre Corneille, French dramatist (died 1684) Unknown dates Pierre du Ryer, French dramatist (died 1658) Junije Palmotić, Ragusan dramatist and poet (died 1657) Deaths May 13 (burial) – Arthur Golding, English translator (born c. 1536) May 17 – Niccolò Orlandini, Italian Jesuit writer (born 1554) May 30 – Guru Arjan, Sikh Guru and compiler of scriptures (in custody, born 1563) September 28 – Nicolaus Taurellus, German philosopher and theologian (born 1547) October 5 – Philippe Desportes, French poet (born 1546) November 13 – Girolamo Mercuriale, Italian philologist and medical writer (born 1530) November 20 (burial) – John Lyly, English dramatist, poet and novelist (born c. 1553) November 22 – Sir Henry Billingsley, English translator (birth year unknown) Approximate dates Henry Chettle, English dramatist (born c. 1564) Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer – Dutch cartographer (born 1533/1534) References 30em