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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1598. ==Events== *March 28 - Philip Henslowe contracts Edward Alleyn and Thomas Heywood to act for the Admiral's Men in London for 2 years.〔''Henslowe's Diary''.〕 *May 3 - Lope de Vega marries for the second time, to Juana de Guardo. *c. May? - Premiėre of William Haughton's ''Englishmen for My Money, or, A Woman Will Have Her Will'', considered the first city comedy, probably by the Admiral's Men at The Rose theatre in London. *c. July? - Ben Jonson's comedy of humours ''Every Man in His Humour'' is probably first performed by the Lord Chamberlain's Men at the Curtain Theatre in London, perhaps with Shakespeare playing Kno'well. *September 22 - Ben Jonson kills actor Gabriel Spenser in a duel in London and is briefly held in Newgate Prison but escapes capital punishment by pleading benefit of clergy. *October - Edmund Spenser's castle at Kilcolman, near Doneraile in North Cork, is burned down by the native Irish forces of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone. Spenser leaves for London shortly afterwards. *December 28 - In London, The Theatre is dismantled. *Lancelot Andrewes turns down the bishoprics of both Ely and Salisbury. *Thomas Bodley refounds the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford.〔 *English poet Barnabe Barnes is prosecuted in Star Chamber for attempting to murder one John Browne, first by offering him a poisoned lemon and then by sweetening his wine with sugar laced with mercury sublimate; Browne survived the attempt. *The year sees a burst of satirical writing in England, especially from John Marston; the excesses will lead to an official suppression in the following year. 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「1598 in literature」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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