1629 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1629.

Events

January – Pedro Calderón de la Barca and his friends break into a convent in an attempt to seize Pedro de Villegas, who had stabbed Calderón's brother.

April 6 – Tommaso Campanella is released from custody in Rome, and gains the confidence of Pope Urban VIII.

July – Richard James lends Oliver St John a manuscript tract on the bridling of parliaments which was written in 1612 by Sir Robert Dudley, titular duke of Northumberland. St John circulates it among parliamentary supporters, and James is arrested as a result.

November 22 – The King's Men perform Othello at the Blackfriars Theatre.

First recorded performance given at the Corral de comedias de Almagro in Spain (rediscovered in the 1950s) by Juan Martinez's theatrical company Autor.

Inigo Jones redesigns the Cockpit-in-Court in London as a venue for staging court masques.

Pierre Corneille brings his first play, Mélite to a group of travelling actors.

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