Related Research Articles
1624 (MDCXXIV) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1624th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 624th year of the 2nd millennium, the 24th year of the 17th century, and the 5th year of the 1620s decade. As of the start of 1624, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
The 1620s decade ran from January 1, 1620, to December 31, 1629.
1607 (MDCVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1607th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 607th year of the 2nd millennium, the 7th year of the 17th century, and the 8th year of the 1600s decade. As of the start of 1607, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
The Master of the Revels was the holder of a position within the English, and later the British, royal household, heading the "Revels Office" or "Office of the Revels". The Master of the Revels was an executive officer under the Lord Chamberlain. Originally he was responsible for overseeing royal festivities, known as revels, and he later also became responsible for stage censorship, until this function was transferred to the Lord Chamberlain in 1624. However, Henry Herbert, the deputy Master of the Revels and later the Master, continued to perform the function on behalf of the Lord Chamberlain until the English Civil War in 1642, when stage plays were prohibited. The office continued almost until the end of the 18th century, although with rather reduced status.
Philip Massinger was an English dramatist. His finely plotted plays, including A New Way to Pay Old Debts, The City Madam, and The Roman Actor, are noted for their satire and realism, and their political and social themes.
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1634.
This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1633.
This article is a summary of the literary events and publications of 1631.
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1623.
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1622.
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1560.
The King's Men was the acting company to which William Shakespeare (1564–1616) belonged for most of his career. Formerly known as the Lord Chamberlain's Men during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, they became the King's Men in 1603 when King James I ascended the throne and became the company's patron.
The Renegado, or The Gentleman of Venice is a late Jacobean stage play, a tragicomedy written by Philip Massinger and first published in 1630. The play has attracted critical attention for its treatment of cultural conflict between Christian Europe and Muslim North Africa.
A Very Woman, or The Prince of Tarent is an early seventeenth-century stage play, a tragicomedy written by Philip Massinger and John Fletcher. It was first published in 1655, fifteen and thirty years after the deaths of its authors.
The Bondman is a later Jacobean-era stage play, a tragicomedy written by Philip Massinger, first published in 1624. The play has been called "the finest of the more serious tragicomedies" of Massinger.
The Scornful Lady is a Jacobean era stage play, a comedy written by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, and first published in 1616, the year of Beaumont's death. It was one of the pair's most popular, often revived, and frequently reprinted works.
The Spanish Viceroy is a problem play of English Renaissance drama. Originally a work by Philip Massinger dating from 1624, it was controversial in its own era, and may or may not exist today in altered form.
Flaminio Scala, commonly known by his stage name Flavio, was an Italian stage actor of commedia dell'arte, scenario writer, playwright, director, producer, manager, agent, and editor. Considered one of the most important figures in Renaissance theatre, Scala is remembered today as the author of the first published collection of commedia scenarios, Il Teatro delle Favole Rappresentative, short comic plays that served as inspiration to playwrights such as Lope de Vega, William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, and Molière.
This is a timeline of philosophy in 16th century.
References
- ↑ Edward M. Wilson and Olga Turner, "The Spanish Protest Against A Game at Chesse," Modern Language Review 44 (1949), p. 480.
- ↑ Margaretta Jolly (4 December 2013). Encyclopedia of Life Writing: Autobiographical and Biographical Forms. Routledge. p. 265. ISBN 978-1-136-78744-7.
- ↑ Gordon Williams (13 September 2001). A Dictionary of Sexual Language and Imagery in Shakespearean and Stuart Literature: Three Volume Set Volume I A-F Volume II G-P Volume III Q-Z. A&C Black. p. 200. ISBN 978-0-485-11393-8.
- ↑ G. K. Hunter (1997). English Drama 1586-1642: The Age of Shakespeare. Clarendon Press. p. 277. ISBN 978-0-19-812213-5.
- ↑ Villegas de La Torre, Esther (21 August 2017). "Writing Literature for Publication, 1605-1637". In Wilkinson, Alexander S.; Lorenzo, Alejandra Ulla (eds.). A Maturing Market: The Iberian Book World in the First Half of the Seventeenth Century. BRILL (published 2017). p. 129. ISBN 978-90-04-34038-1.
- ↑ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 21 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 71.
- ↑ Landolfi, Domenica (1993). Claudia Burattelli; Domenica Landolfi; Anna Zinanni (eds.). "Flaminio Scala" in Comici dell'Arte: Cornspondenze G. B. Andreini, N. Barbieri, P. M. Cechini, S. Fiorillo, T. Martinelli, F. Scala. Florence: Le Lettere. pp. 437–49.
- ↑ Gerald Stone, "Ridley, Mark (born 1560, died in or before 1624)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford, UK: OUP, 2004) Retrieved 2 August 2017.