1567 in literature
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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1567.
Events
- John Brayne builds the Red Lion theatre just east of the City of London, a playhouse for touring productions and the first known to be purpose-built in the British Isles since Roman times. However, there is little evidence that the theatre survives beyond this summer's season. The only play known to be presented here is The Story of Sampson.[1][2]
- October 14 - António Ferreira becomes Desembargador da Casa do Civel and leaves Coimbra for Lisbon.[3]
- Spanish playwright Lope de Rueda's works are published posthumously by Timoneda, who tones down certain passages.
- The Mrkšina crkva printing house is destroyed by the Turks; no other printing house will be established in Ottoman Serbia until 1831.
- Approximate date - Isabella Whitney becomes the earliest identified woman to publish secular poetry in the English language with The Copy of a Letter, Lately Written in Meter by a Young Gentlewoman: to her Unconstant Lover (signed "I.W."), The Admonition by the Author to all Young Gentlewomen: And to all other Maids being in Love and An Order Prescribed, by Is. W., to two of her Younger Sisters Serving in London.[4]
New books
- Séon Carsuel, Bishop of the Isles - Foirm na n-Urrnuidheadh, a translation of John Knox's Book of Common Order with some poems and prayers into Classical Gaelic, the first publication in any of the Goidelic languages (printed in Latin script by Robert Lekprevik in Edinburgh and published on April 24)
- Joan Perez de Lazarraga - Silbero, Silbia, Doristeo, and Sirena (MS in Basque)
- Magdeburg Centuries, vols X-XI
- William Salesbury - Testament Newydd ein Arglwydd Iesv Christ, a translation of the New Testament into Welsh (printed by Humphrey Toy in London and published on October 7)
New drama
- Jean-Antoine de Baïf - Le Brave
- John Pickering - Horestes, based on the myth of Orestes
Poetry
Main article: 1567 in poetry
- Pey de Garros - Poesias Gasconas
Births
- January 6 – Richard Burbage, English actor-manager (died 1619)
- February 12 – Thomas Campion, English poet (died 1620)
- February 27 – William Alabaster, English poet, dramatist and religious writer (died 1640)
- August 21 – Francis de Sales, Savoyard theologian (died 1622)
- November – Thomas Nashe, English poet and satirist (died c. 1601)
- Unknown dates
- Valens Acidalius, German critic and Latin poet (died 1595)
- Bzovius, Polish historian (died 1637)
Deaths
- May 31 – Guido de Bres, author of the Belgic Confession (executed, born 1522)
- October 1 – Pietro Carnesecchi, humanist philosopher (executed, born 1508)
- Unknown dates
- Marin Držić, Croatian dramatist (born 1508)
- Nicolaus Mameranus, Luxembourgeois poet and historian (born 1500)
- Gómez Pereira, Spanish humanist philosopher (born 1500)
In literature
References
- ↑ Bowsher, Julian; Miller, Pat (2010). The Rose and the Globe — Playhouses of Shakespeare's Bankside, Southwark. Museum of London. p. 19. ISBN 978-1-901992-85-4.
- ↑ Phillpotts, Christopher, Red Lion Theatre, Whitechapel (PDF), CrossRail Documentary Report, Museum of London Archaeology Service, retrieved 2011-03-21
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Antonio Ferreira". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. - ↑ Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
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