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1614 in literature

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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1614.

Events

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  • January–June – In the first six months of the year, no London theatres operate on the South Bank of the Thames, causing a severe decline in demand for the watermen's taxi service. The watermen respond by proposing to limit the locations of the theaters around London, much to the actors' displeasure. John Taylor the Water Poet describes the controversy in his The True Cause of the Watermen's Suit Concerning Players.
  • January 25 – The Lady Elizabeth's Men perform the formerly controversial Eastward Ho at Court.{{cite book|author=Ben Jonson|title=The Works of Ben Jonson: An historical survey of the text|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qbDTAAAAMAAJ|year=1967|publisher=Clarendon Press|page=193}}
  • April – Sir Francis Bacon's dual role as Member of Parliament and Attorney General is objected to by the Parliament of England.
  • May 24 – Lope de Vega becomes a priest.{{CathEncy|wstitle=Félix de Lope de Vega Carpio}}
  • June 30 – Rebuilding of the Globe Theatre is complete.{{cite book|author1=William Shakespeare|author2=John Fletcher|title=King Henry VIII, Or, All is True|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NskTDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA45|year=1999|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-813001-7|pages=45}}
  • August 15 – Pietro Della Valle lands in Constantinople, after leaving Venice to begin his travels.{{cite book|author=Eric Dursteler|title=Venetians in Constantinople: Nation, Identity, and Coexistence in the Early Modern Mediterranean|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LF8uer6PMfAC&pg=PA1|year=2006|publisher=JHU Press|isbn=978-0-8018-8324-8|pages=1}}
  • October 31 – The first performance of Ben Jonson's Bartholomew Fair is given at Philip Henslowe's newly opened Hope Theatre in London.{{cite book|author1=Paola Pugliatti|author2=Alessandro Serpieri|title=English Renaissance Scenes: From Canon to Margins|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TiBxQY_DwpYC&pg=PA59|year=2008|publisher=Peter Lang|isbn=978-3-03911-079-7|pages=59}}
  • November 1 – The Lady Elizabeth's Men perform Bartholomew Fair at Court, the day after its première.
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  • Luís de Sousa becomes a Dominican friar.
  • Izaak Walton moves from Chancery Lane to Fleet Street, London, where he opens a shop.{{cite book|author=Curtis Guild|title=Abroad Again, Or, A Fresh Foray in Foreign Lands|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-yo2AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA62|year=1877|publisher=Lee and Shepard|pages=62}}
  • John Webster's tragedy The Duchess of Malfi is first performed publicly, at the Globe Theatre, London.{{cite book |last=Clark |first=Sandra |title=Renaissance Drama |publisher=Polity |location=Cambridge, England |date=2007 |page=12 |isbn=0-7456-3311-0}}
  • Madeleine de Souvré marries the marquis de Sablé.

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