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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of literature during 1604. ==Events== *January 1 - The King's Men perform Shakespeare's comedy ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' at the English Court. *July - Miguel de Cervantes sells the rights of the first part of his satirical novel on the theme of chivalry, ''Don Quixote'' (''El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha''), to Madrid publisher-bookseller Francisco de Robles. In September license to publish is granted and in December the printing (by Juan de la Cuesta) is finished for publication the following month. *November 1 (Hallowmas day) - The King's Men perform Shakespeare's tragedy ''Othello'' at Whitehall Palace with Richard Burbage in the title role, the first recorded performance. *November 4 - The King's Men perform Shakespeare's comedy ''The Merry Wives of Windsor'' at Whitehall Palace. *December 26 - The King's Men perform Shakespeare's comedy ''Measure for Measure'' at Court. *December 28 - The King's Men perform Shakespeare's ''The Comedy of Errors'' at Court. *December - A report indicates that the King's Men are performing a play on the politically sensitive subject of the Gowrie Conspiracy; the play is suppressed and does not survive, but does not impact the company's general success. *First known performance of a Shakespeare play in translation: ''Romeo and Juliet'' is performed at Nördlingen in Bavaria in an anonymous German version, ''Von Romeo undth Julitha''.〔(Shakespeare translations. )〕 *Construction of the Red Bull Theatre at Clerkenwell in London. *Last performances of the Beverley miracle plays in England. *Isaac Casaubon becomes sub-librarian of the royal library in Paris. *The ''Table Alphabeticall'', the first known English dictionary to be organized by alphabetical ordering, is published. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「1604 in literature」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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