1604 in literature
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The year 1604 in literature involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
- Isaac Casaubon becomes sub-librarian of the royal library in Paris.
- Construction of the Red Bull Theatre in London.
- The King's Men act A Midsummer Night's Dream at Court on the evening of January 1; they perform Othello on November 1 and The Merry Wives of Windsor on November 4, both at Whitehall Palace; they act Measure for Measure at Court on December 26, and The Comedy of Errors on December 28. A report from December indicates that the King's Men were performing a play on the politically sensitive subject of the Gowrie Conspiracy; the play was suppressed and has not survived — but did not impact the company's general success.
- The last performances of the Beverley miracle plays occur in 1604.
[edit] New books
- William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling - The Monarchic Tragedies; includes Croesus and Darius, two closet dramas
- Thomas Dekker - News from Gravesend
- - The Meeting of Gallants at an Ordinary
- Elizabeth Grymeston - Miscellanea: prayers, meditations, memoratives
- King James I - A Counterblast to Tobacco
- Christopher Marlowe - Doctor Faustus (first quarto - the "A text")
- Samuel Rowlands - Look to It for I'll Stab Ye
- John Stow - Revised edition of Summarie of Englyshe Chronicles
[edit] New drama
- Samuel Daniel - Philotas; The Vision of the Twelve Goddesses (masque)
- Thomas Dekker & Thomas Middleton - The Honest Whore, Part 1
- Thomas Dekker and John Webster - Westward Ho
- Ben Jonson & Thomas Dekker - The Coronation Triumph
- John Marston - The Malcontent
- Thomas Middleton - Michaelmas Term
- William Shakespeare - Hamlet published (second quarto, a "good" quarto as opposed to the 1603 "bad quarto," Q1)
[edit] Poetry
- Bernardo de Balbuena - La Grandeza Mexicana (Mexico's Grandeur)
- Nicholas Breton - The Passionate Shepherd
- Anthony Scoloker - Daiphantus, or the Passions of Love
[edit] Births
- May 10 - Jean Mairet, dramatist (died 1686)
- October 16 - Assoucy, burlesque poet (died 1677)
- date unknown - Isaac Ambrose, diarist (died c1663)
- date unknown - Charles Cotin, philosopher and poet (died 1681)
- date unknown - Nicholas French, pamphleteer (died 1678)
- date unknown - Jasper Mayne, dramatist (died 1672)
[edit] Deaths
- February 25 - Manuel da Costa, Jesuit historian (born 1541)
- March 4 - Fausto Paolo Sozzini, theologian (born 1539)
- March 13 - Arnaud d'Ossat, diplomat and writer (born 1537)
- June 24 - Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, alleged author of Shakespeare's works (born 1550)
- August 3 - Bernardino de Mendoza, military historian (born c1540)
- September 10 - William Morgan, Bible translator (born 1545)
- October 8 - Janus Dousa, historian and poet (born 1545)
- date unknown - Thomas Churchyard, poet (born c1520)
- date unknown - Isabella Andreini, actress and writer (born 1564)
- date unknown - Juan Jose Marti, novelist (born c1570)
- date unknown - Thomas Storer, poet (born c1571)
