1646 in literature

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The year 1646 in literature involved some significant events.

Events

March 24 - The King's Men petition Parliament for three and a half years' back pay; this is despite the London theatres officially remaining closed through the middle 1640s. No details of their activities in these years survive.
May 5 - Martin Llewellyn's drama The King Found at Southwell is performed at Oxford; it is the last stage piece presented in the city before its surrender to Parliamentary forces in the English Civil War, June 22-4.
John Lilburne is placed in the Tower of London for denouncing his former commander the Earl of Manchester as a traitor.
Jacqueline Pascal is converted to Jansenism by her brother, Blaise Pascal.

Pierre Corneille - Théodore
Jean de Rotrou - Célie
James Shirley - The Triumph of Beauty (masque)
Sir John Suckling - Fragmenta Aurea, collected plays, including The Sad One (unfinished)