1613 in Literature - Events

Events

• At the English royal court, January and February see massive celebrations for the marriage of Frederick V, Elector Palatine to King James's daughter Princess Elizabeth, culminating in their wedding on February 14.
  • During the court festivities in the winter of 1612–13, the King's Men give twenty performances, which include eight Shakespearean plays, four by Beaumont and Fletcher, and the lost Cardenio.
  • The Children of the Queen's Revels give two performances of Beaumont and Fletcher's Cupid's Revenge in early January.
  • On January 11, the playing company that had been the Admiral's Men, then Prince Henry's Men, becomes the Elector Palatine's (or Palsgrave's) Men.
  • The Memorable Masque of the Middle Temple and Lincoln's Inn, written by George Chapman and designed by Inigo Jones, is staged on February 15. Francis Beaumont's The Masque of the Inner Temple and Gray's Inn follows five days later on February 20.
  • The Lady Elizabeth's Men perform Marston's The Dutch Courtesan at Court on February 25. (They repeat it at the end of the year, on December 12.)
  • The Queen's Revels Children act Chapman's The Widow's Tears on February 27.
  • Frederick and Prince Charles visit Cambridge University early in March, where they see performances of Samuel Brooke's Latin plays Adelphe and Scyros.
• June 8 - The King's Men re-play Cardenio at Court.
• June 29 - The Globe Theatre burns down during a performance of Henry VIII.
• Cyril Tourneur is paid £10 for delivering letters from the Stuart monarchy to Brussels.
• English poet Francis Quarles becomes cupbearer to Princess Elizabeth.