1654 in literature

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The year 1654 in literature involved some significant events.

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Lady Dorothy Osborne plays the lead role in a country-house staging of Sir William Berkeley's tragicomedy The Lost Lady. While the London theatres remain closed, amateur theatricals continue at private houses in England. Like performances of courtly masques before 1642, many of these performances feature women, foreshadowing the acceptance of professional women performers in the early Restoration era.

Anonymous - Alphonsus Emperor of Germany published (wrongly attributed to George Chapman)
Richard Flecknoe - Love's Dominion
Henry Glapthorne (?) - Revenge for Honour published (wrongly attributed to George Chapman)
James Howell - The Nuptials of Peleus and Thetis (published)
Thomas Jordan - Cupid His Coronation
Thomas May - Two Tragedies, viz. Cleopatra and Agrippina (published)
Robert Mead - The Combat of Love and Friendship (published)
Agustín Moreto - El desdén, con el desdén (first published)
Philippe Quinault - L'Amant indiscret
Joost van den Vondel - Lucifer
John Webster (& Thomas Heywood?) - Appius and Virginia (published)