1674 in literature
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The year 1674 in literature involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
- Isaac de Benserade is elected to the French Academy, along with Pierre Daniel Huet.
- Thomas Ken and Izaak Walton visit Rome together.
- The new Theatre Royal, Drury Lane opens in March. Designed by Christopher Wren, it replaces the original theatre that burned down in 1672.
- The derivative nature of Restoration drama is richly displayed when the Duke's Company produces Thomas Shadwell's "operatic" re-adaptation of Dryden and Davenant's 1667 adaptation of The Tempest. In response, their rivals at the King's Company stage The Mock Tempest, or the Enchanted Castle by Thomas Duffet.
[edit] New books
- Samuel Chappuzeau - Le Théâtre français
- John Evelyn - Navigation and Commerce
- John Josselyn - An Account of the Voyages to New England, London: Printed for Giles Widdows
- Thomas Ken - Manual of Prayers for the use of the Scholars of Winchester College
- Anthony Wood - Historia et antiquitates Universitatis Oxoniensis
[edit] New drama
- Anonymous (and John Dryden?) - The Mistaken Husband
- William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle - The Triumphant Widow
- Pierre Corneille - Suréna
- John Crowne - Andromache
- Sir William Davenant - Macbeth, a "dramatic opera" adapted from Shakespeare's play, is published
- Thomas Duffet (attributed to) - The Amorous Old Woman
- Nathaniel Lee - The Tragedy of Nero, Emperour of Rome
[edit] Poetry
- Thomas Flatman - Poems and Songs
[edit] Births
- January 15 - Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, poet and dramatist (born 1762)
- June - Nicholas Rowe (dramatist) (born 1718)
- October - Thomas Ruddiman, classical scholar (born 1757)
[edit] Deaths
- June 14 - Marin le Roy de Gomberville, poet and novelist (born 1600)
- August 13 - Lucidor, burlesque poet (born 1638) (killed in a duel)
- October - Robert Herrick (born 1591)
- November 8 - John Milton (born 1608)
- December 9 - Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (born 1609)
