1611 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1611.

Events

January 1 – Oberon, the Faery Prince, a masque written by Ben Jonson and designed by Inigo Jones, is performed at Whitehall Palace.
February 3 – Love Freed from Ignorance and Folly, another Jonson/Jones masque, is also staged at Whitehall.
May 2 – The Authorized King James Version of the Bible appears, printed in London by Robert Barker.
May 11 – The first known performance of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, probably new this year, is given by the King's Men at the Globe Theatre in London.
November 1 – The King's Men give perhaps the first performance of The Tempest, Shakespeare's last solo play, at Whitehall Palace.
November 5 – The King's Men perform The Winter's Tale at Whitehall Palace.
December 26 – The King's Men return to Court with Beaumont and Fletcher's A King and No King.
December 27 – Queen Anne's Men act one of their most popular plays, Greene's Tu Quoque at Court, having previously performed it at the Red Bull Theatre.
unknown dates
*The last known traditional performance of an English mystery play is given at Kendal.
*Dramatist Juan Ruiz de Alarcón returns to Spain from Mexico.

The Holy Bible, Authorized King James Version
Jacques Bongars – Gesta Dei per Francos
Thomas Coryat – Coryat's Crudities hastily gobbled up in Five Months Travels in France, Italy, &c
Randle Cotgrave – A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues
John Donne – An Anatomy of the World
Giolla Brighde Ó hEoghusa – An Teagasc Criosdaidhe
Samuel Rowlands – The Knave of Clubs
John Speed:
*The Historie of Great Britaine
*''The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine''

See also 1611 in poetry