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{{Year nav topic5|1611|literature}}This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 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 staged at Whitehall.
- May 2 – The Authorized King James Version of the Bible is published,[1] printed in London by Robert Barker.
- May 11 – First recorded performance of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, probably new this year,[2] by the King's Men at the Globe Theatre in London.
- November 1 – The King's Men perform The Tempest, Shakespeare's last solo play, perhaps for the first time, 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]
- Last known traditional performance of an English mystery play, at Kendal.
- Juan Ruiz de Alarcón returns to Spain from Mexico.
New booksProse- The Holy Bible, Authorized King James Version
- Jacques Bongars – Gesta Dei per Francos
- Thomas Coryat – Coryat's Crudities hastily gobbled up in Five Months Travels in France, Italy, &c
- Randle Cotgrave – A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues
- John Donne – An Anatomy of the World
- Giolla Brighde Ó hEoghusa (Bonaventura Ó hEoghusa or O'Hussey) – An Teagasc Criosdaidhe
- Samuel Rowlands – The Knave of Clubs
- John Speed:
- The Historie of Great Britaine
- The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine (map atlas)
Drama- Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher – A King and No King
- George Chapman – May Day (published)
- John Cooke (?) – Greene's Tu Quoque
- Thomas Dekker and Thomas Middleton – The Roaring Girl (published)
- Thomas Dekker – If This Be Not a Good Play, the Devil Is In It
- Thomas Heywood – The Golden Age (published)
- Ben Jonson
- Oberon, the Faery Prince
- Love Freed from Ignorance and Folly
- Catiline His Conspiracy published[1]
- Johannes Messenius – Disa
- Thomas Middleton (attributed to) – The Second Maiden's Tragedy
- Anthony Munday – Chryso-Thriambos
- William Shakespeare
- The Winter's Tale (probable date)
- The Tempest (consensus date)
- Cyril Tourneur – The Atheist's Tragedy (published)[1]
PoetrySee also 1611 in poetry- Richard Braithwaite – The Golden Fleece
- John Donne – An Anatomy of the World
- Emilia Lanier – Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum
Births- September 1 – William Cartwright, English dramatist (died 1643)
- October 22 – Jacques Esprit ("abbé Esprit"), French moralist (died 1677)
- October 26 – Antonio Coello, Spanish dramatist and poet (died 1652)
- Unknown dates
- Richard Alleine, English religious writer (died 1681)
- Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy, French writer on art and painter (died 1665)
- Thomas Urquhart, Scottish translator (died c. 1660)
- Probable year of birth – Jean François Sarrazin, French satirist (died 1654)
Deaths- February 8 – Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, Dutch historian (born 1563)
- March 11 – Giles Fletcher, the Elder, English poet and diplomat (born c. 1548)
- March 20 – Johann Georg Gödelmann, German demonological writer (born 1559)
- April 23 – Martin Ruland the Younger, German alchemist and editor of his father's writings (born 1569)
- June 8 – Jean Bertaut, French poet (born 1552)
- September 22 – Pedro de Ribadeneira, Spanish ecclesiastical historian (born 1527)
- Unknown date – John Hamilton, Scottish Catholic controversialist (born c. 1547)
References1. ^1 2 {{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=243–248}}
2. ^{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|author2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=170–172|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}
3. ^E. K. Chambers, The Elizabethan Stage, 4 Volumes, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1923; Vol. 2, pp. 220-41.
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