1593 in literature
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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1593.
Events
- Ongoing â London theatres remain closed for almost the whole year as a result of the previous year's outbreak of bubonic plague. In the summer, Edward Alleyn and other actors make a provincial tour. Some performances take place in the winter, when plague tends to abate. Lord Strange's Men act three times in January a play called Titus â perhaps Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus.
- After April â William Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis probably becomes his first published work, printed from his own manuscript. In his lifetime it will be his most frequently reprinted work: at least nine times.[1]
- May 5 â "Dutch church libel" bills posted in London threaten Protestant refugees from France and the Netherlands, alluding to Christopher Marlowe's plays.
- May 12 â The English dramatist Thomas Kyd is arrested over the "Dutch church libel". "Atheist" literature found in his home is claimed to be Marlowe's.
- May 18 â A warrant for the arrest of Christopher Marlowe is issued. On May 20 he presents himself to the Privy Council.
- May 29 â The Welsh-born Protestant John Penry is executed for involvement in the Marprelate Controversy.[2]
- May 30 â Christopher Marlowe is stabbed to death by a speculator, Ingram Frizer, in a dispute over a bill at a lodging house in Deptford kept by the widow Eleanor Bull.[3]
New books
Prose
- Bible of Kralice, first complete translation of Bible into Czech
- Fray Juan de Plasencia â Doctrina Christiana, first book published in the Philippines, in Spanish and Tagalog
- John Eliot â Ortho-epia Gallica
- Claudius Hollyband (Claude de Sainliens) â A Dictionarie French and English
- Richard Hooker â Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- Antonio Possevino â Bibliotheca selecta
Drama
- Daniel Cramer â Plagium
- Thomas Kyd (probably, perhaps with Shakespeare) â The Raigne of King Edward the Third (approximate date)[4]
- George Peele â Famous Chronicle of King Edward the First
- George Peele (possibly) â The Life and Death of Jack Straw (first published)
Poetry
- Barnabe Barnes â Parthenophil and Parthenophone
- Anthony Chute â Beauty Dishonoured, written under the title of Shore's wife
- Michael Drayton
- Idea: The Shepherd's Garland
- The Legend of Piers Gaveston
- William Shakespeare â Venus and Adonis
- Thomas Watson (posthumously, as T. W.) â The Tears of Fancie, or Love Disdained (sonnets)
Births
- April 3 â George Herbert, Welsh-born poet (died 1633)
- May 20 â Salomo Glassius, German theologian (died 1656)
- Unknown date â Robert Creighton, Scottish classicist, politician and bishop (died 1672)
- Approximate year â Aodh Buidhe Mac an Bhaird (Hugh Ward), Irish poet and hagiographer (died 1635)
Deaths
- January 12 â Amadis Jamyn, French poet (born 1538)
- February 6 â Jacques Amyot, French translator (born 1513)
- May 30 â Christopher Marlowe, English dramatist and poet (born 1564)
- August 19 â Antonio Veneziano, Italian poet writing in Sicilian (born 1543)
- Unknown date â ChÅng Ch'Ål, Korean poet and statesman (born 1536)