1611 in literature explained
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1611.
Events
- January 1 – Oberon, the Faery Prince, a masque written by Ben Jonson and designed by Inigo Jones, is performed at Whitehall Palace.
- February 3 – Love Freed from Ignorance and Folly, another Jonson/Jones masque, is also staged at Whitehall.
- May 2 – The Authorized King James Version of the Bible appears,[1] printed in London by Robert Barker.
- May 11 – The first known performance of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, probably new this year, is given by the King's Men at the Globe Theatre in London.[2]
- November 1 – The King's Men give perhaps the first performance of The Tempest, Shakespeare's last solo play, at Whitehall Palace.
- November 5 – The King's Men perform The Winter's Tale at Whitehall Palace.
- December 26 – The King's Men return to Court with Beaumont and Fletcher's A King and No King.
- December 27 – Queen Anne's Men act one of their most popular plays, Greene's Tu Quoque (The City Gallant; probably written by John Cooke) at Court, having previously performed it at the Red Bull Theatre.[3]
- unknown dates
New books
Prose
- The Historie of Great Britaine
- The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine (map atlas)
Drama
Poetry
See also 1611 in poetry
Births
Deaths
Notes and References
- Book: Williams, Hywel . Cassell's Chronology of World History . registration . London . Weidenfeld & Nicolson . 2005 . 0-304-35730-8 . 243–248 .
- Book: Palmer, Alan . Palmer . Veronica . 1992 . The Chronology of British History . Century Ltd . London . 170–172 . 0-7126-5616-2.
- [Edmund Kerchever Chambers|E. K. Chambers]
- Book: Jack Zipes. The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales. 2015. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-968982-8. 325.
- Book: William Shakespeare. The Tempest. 2001. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-832031-9. 118.