- 1654 in literature
The year 1654 in literature involved some significant events.
Events
*Lady
Dorothy Osborne plays the lead role in a country-house staging of SirWilliam Berkeley 'stragicomedy "The Lost Lady". While the London theatres remain closed, amateur theatricals continue at private houses in England. Like performances of courtly masques before1642 , many of these performances feature women, foreshadowing the acceptance of professional women performers in the early Restoration era.New books
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Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery - "Parlhenissa, a novel"
*Richard Whitlock, "Zootomia"Drama
*Anonymous - "Alphonsus Emperor of Germany" published (wrongly attributed to
George Chapman )
*Richard Flecknoe - "Love's Dominion"
*Henry Glapthorne (?) - "Revenge for Honour" published (wrongly attributed to George Chapman)
*James Howell - "The Nuptials of Peleus and Thetis" (published)
*Thomas Jordan - "Cupid His Coronation"
*Thomas May - "Two Tragedies, viz. Cleopatra and Agrippina" (published)
*Robert Mead - "The Combat of Love and Friendship" (published)
*Agustín Moreto - "El desdén, con el desdén" (first published)
*Philippe Quinault - "L'Amant indiscret"
*Joost van den Vondel - "Lucifer"
*John Webster (&Thomas Heywood ?) - "Appius and Virginia " (published)Poetry
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Thomas Washbourne - "Divine Poems"Births
* March -
Anne Lefèvre , better known as Madame Dacier (born1720 )
*March 16 -Andreas Acoluthus , Orientalist (born1704 )Deaths
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November 30 -William Habington , poet (born1605 )
* November 30 -John Selden , jurist, scholar (born1584 )
*John Taylor (poet) (born1580 )
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