1662 in literature
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1662.
Events
- February 15 â The first performance of Sir William Davenant's The Law Against Lovers â the first Restoration adaptation of Shakespeare, consisting of an amalgam of Measure for Measure and Much Ado About Nothing â is given by the Duke's Company at its new theater in Lincoln's Inn Fields, London.[1]
- September 29 â Samuel Pepys in his diary calls the King's Company production of A Midsummer Night's Dream in London "the most insipid, ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life."[2]
- October 18 â John Ogilby, Master of the Revels in Ireland, opens the first Theatre Royal, Dublin, in Smock Alley.[3]
- December 26 â The première of Molière's comedy The School for Wives (L'Ãcole des femmes) is held at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-Honoré) in Paris.[4]
- unknown dates
- Two autos sacramentales by Pedro Calderón de la Barca â Las órdenes militares and MÃstica y real Babilonia â are the subject of an inquiry by the Spanish Inquisition. The former is censured and its manuscript copies confiscated, and remains condemned until 1671.[5]
- The Parliament of England passes the first Printing Act of the Restoration era, the Licensing of the Press Act, which restricts London printing to a total of 24 printing houses, each with no more than three presses and three apprentices. Books printed abroad are banned.[6] Roger L'Estrange is granted a warrant to seize seditious books or pamphlets.[7]
New books
Prose
- Church of England â 1662 Book of Common Prayer[8]
- Sarah Blackborow â The Oppressed Prisoners' Complaint[9]
- Margaret Cavendish â Orations of Diverse Persons[10]
- Cyrano de Bergerac (posthumous) â Ãtats et Empires du Soleil (The States and Empires of the Sun)[11]
- Franciscus van den Enden â Kort Verhael van Nieuw-Nederland (Brief Account of New Netherland)[12]
- John Evelyn â Sculptura: or The history, and art of chalcography and engraving in copper...[13]
- Thomas Fuller â The History of the Worthies of England[14]
- John Heydon
- Adam Olearius â The Voyages & Travels of the Ambassadors (translated by John Davies, of Kidwelly)[17]
Drama
- Margaret Cavendish â Plays Written by the Thrice Noble, Illustrious and Excellent Princess, the Lady Marchioness of Newcastle (closet dramas)[18]
- Aston Cockayne â The Tragedy of Ovid published[19]
- Pierre Corneille â Sertorius[20]
- Sir William Davenant â The Law Against Lovers[1]
- William Heminges â The Jews' Tragedy published[21]
- Robert Howard â The Committee[22]
- Francis Kirkman (probable compiler) â The Wits, or Sport for Sport (collection of drolleries)[23]
- Thomas Middleton and John Webster â Anything for a Quiet Life published[24]
- Molière â The School for Wives[4]
- John Wilson â The Cheats[25]
Poetry
- Joost van den Vondel â Joannes de Boetgezant[26]
- Michael Wigglesworth â The Day of Doom, or A Poetical Description of the Great and Last Judgement[27]
Births
- January 27 â Richard Bentley, English classicist (died 1742)[28]
- October 18 â Matthew Henry, English Bible commentator (died 1714)[29]
- Baptized December 17 â Samuel Wesley, English poet and author (died 1735)[30]
- unknown date â John Hudson, English classicist and librarian (died 1719)[31]
Deaths
- March 10 â Samuel Hartlib, German-born English polymath (born 1600)[32]
- March 30 â François le Métel de Boisrobert, French poet (born 1592)[33]
- May â Daniel de Priézac, French political writer (born 1590)[34]
- August 17 â Richard Hubberthorne, English Quaker preacher and writer (born 1628)[35]
- August 19 â Blaise Pascal, French philosopher (born 1623)[36]
- unknown date â Henry Jeanes, English controversialist and pamphleteer (born 1611)[37]