1606 in literature
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1606.
Events
- January? â Sir Thomas Craig becomes church procurator.
- February... â 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 â Ben Jonson's satirical play Volpone is first performed, by the King's Men at the Globe Theatre in London.
- May 27 â 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 â 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.[1]
- November 14 â 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) â 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 â Lo Schermo, overo Scienza D'Arme
- Philemon Holland â The Historie of Twelve Caesars, a translation of Suetonius's De vita Caesarum
- Johannes Kepler â De Stella Nova
Drama
- Anonymous (published)
- The Returne from Pernassus, or The Scourge of Simony
- Wily Beguiled
- Anonymous (probably Thomas Middleton) â The Revenger's Tragedy[2]
- George Chapman
- Sir Giles Goosecap (attributed; published)[3]
- The Gentleman Usher (published)
- Monsieur D'Olive (published)
- John Day â The Isle of Gulls
- Lope de Vega
- El anzuelo de Fenisa (Fenisa's Hook)
- La discreta enamorada
- El gran duque de Moscovia
- Ben Jonson
- John Marston
- The Wonder of Women, or the Tragedy of Sophonisba
- Parasitaster, or The Fawn (published)
- Thomas Middleton (attributed) â The Puritan, or, The Widow of Watling-Street (probable date)
- William Shakespeare[4]
- Edward Sharpham â The Fleir
Poetry
- Hieronim Morsztyn â Åwiatowa Rozkosz (Worldly Pleasure)
- Jean Passerat (posthumous) â Recueil des Åuvres poétiques
Births
- February 28 â William Davenant, English poet and dramatist (died 1668)
- March 3 â Edmund Waller, English poet (died 1687)
- May 12 â Joachim von Sandrart, German art historian (died 1688)
- June 6 â Pierre Corneille, French dramatist (died 1684)
- Unknown dates
- Pierre du Ryer, French dramatist (died 1658)
- Junije PalmotiÄ, Ragusan dramatist and poet (died 1657)
Deaths
- May 13 (burial) â Arthur Golding, English translator (born c. 1536)
- May 17 â Niccolò Orlandini, Italian Jesuit writer (born 1554)
- May 30 â Guru Arjan, Sikh Guru and compiler of scriptures (in custody, born 1563)
- September 28 â Nicolaus Taurellus, German philosopher and theologian (born 1547)
- October 5 â Philippe Desportes, French poet (born 1546)
- November 13 â Girolamo Mercuriale, Italian philologist and medical writer (born 1530)
- November 20 (burial) â John Lyly, English dramatist, poet and novelist (born c. 1553)
- November 22 â Sir Henry Billingsley, English translator (birth year unknown)
- Approximate dates
- Henry Chettle, English dramatist (born c. 1564)
- Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer â Dutch cartographer (born 1533/1534)