1660 in literature

1660 in literature

The year 1660 in literature involved some significant events.

Events

* Samuel Pepys starts his diary on 1 January.
* Blaise Pascal's "Lettres Provinciales" is burned as a heretical work on the orders of King Louis XIV of France.
* The English Restoration: a host of royalist exiles return to England. Richard Baxter is among the many.
* British theatres re-open. John Rhodes forms a company of young actors and stages Shakespeare's "Pericles, Prince of Tyre" at the old Cockpit Theatre — the first Shakespearean production of the new era. Thomas Betterton makes his stage debut in the title role.
* On 21 August, King Charles II issues a royal grant for two theatre companies: a King's Company under his own patronage, led by Thomas Killigrew, and a Duke's Company under the patronage of his brother, the Duke of York and future King James II, led by Sir William Davenant. On 8 November, the King's Company moves from the old Red Bull Theatre to the new Vere St. Theatre.
* On 8 December, a performance of "Othello" features the first public performance by a professional English actress — probably either Margaret Hughes or Anne Marshall.
* The new Stuart regime names Sir Roger L'Estrange its licenser of printed material.
* Roger Boyle receives the title of Earl of Orrery.

New books

*Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux - "Satires"
*John Dryden - "Astraea Redux"
*Richard Flecknoe - "Heroick Portraits"
*John Milton - "The Ready and Easy Way to Establish a Free Commonwealth"
*Thomas Plowden, S.J. (trans.) - "The Learned Man Defended and Reform'd" (Daniello Bartoli's "L'huomo di lettere")
*Jeremy Taylor - "Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience"

New drama

*Anonymous (mis-attributed to James Shirley) - "Andromana" published
*Anonymous - "Cromwell's Conspiracy"
*Anonymous (mis-attributed to Beaumont and Fletcher) - "The Faithful Friends" registered
*Thomas Ford - "Love's Labyrinth, or the Royal Shepherdess" published
*William Lower - "The Amorous Fantasm" (adapted from Philippe Quinault's "Le Fantôme Amoreux")
*Molière - "Sganarelle, ou le Cocu imaginaire"
*John Tatham - "London's Glory" staged at the Guildhall, July 5; "The Rump" published

Poetry

*Rachel Jevon - "Exultationis Carmen"
*Robert Wild - "Iter Boreale"

Births

* January - Pierre Helyot (died 1716)
* September - Daniel Defoe (died 1731)
* "date unknown" - Edward Lhuyd (died 1709)
* "date unknown" - Thomas Southerne (died 1749)

Deaths

* October 6 - Paul Scarron (born c.1610)
* "date unknown" - Sir Thomas Urquhart (born 1611)


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