Author:William Davenant
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Engraving of William Davenant
Works
[edit]Poetry
[edit]- Madagascar; with Other Poems (1638) (transcription project)
- London, King Charles his Augusta, or, City Royal, of the founders, the names, and oldest honours of that City (1648)
- Gondibert: An Heroick Poem (1650) (transcription project)
- Wit and Drollery: Jovial Poems (1656)
- Poems on Several Occasions (1657)
Panegyrics
[edit]- "A Panegyric to his Excellency the Lord General Monck", George Monck (1660)
- "Poem, Upon His Sacred Majesties Most Happy Return to His Dominions", (on Charles II's restoration, 1660)
- "Poem, to the King's most sacred Majesty", to Charles II (1663)
Original plays, masques and operas
[edit]- Albovine, King of the Lombards, tragedy (ca. 1626-9; printed 1629)
- The Cruel Brother, tragedy (licensed 12 January 1627; printed 1630)
- The Just Italian, comedy (licensed 2 October 1629; printed 1630)
- The Wits, comedy (licensed 19 January 1634; printed 1636)
- Love and Honour, tragicomedy, also previously performed as The Courage of Love; and The Nonpareilles, or The Matchless Maids (licensed 20 November 1634: printed 1649)
- The Temple of Love, masque (licensed 10 February 1635; printed 1635)
- News from Plymouth, comedy (licensed 1 August 1635; printed 1673)
- The Platonick Lovers, comedy (licensed 16 November 1635; printed 1636)
- The Triumphs of the Prince D'Amour, masque (performed 23 or 24 February 1636; printed 1636)
- Britannia Triumphans, masque, with Inigo Jones (licensed 8 January 1638; printed 1638)
- Luminalia or The Festival of Light, masque, with Inigo Jones (licensed 6 February 1638; printed 1638)
- The Unfortunate Lovers, tragedy (licensed 16 April 1638; printed 1643)
- The Fair Favourite, tragicomedy (licensed 17 November 1638; printed 1673)
- The Spanish Lovers, or The Distresses, comedy (licensed 30 March 1639; printed 1673)
- Salmacida Spolia, masque (performed 21 January 1640; printed 1640)
- The Siege of Rhodes, Part I, tragicomedy (performed September 1656; printed 1656)
- The Cruelty of the Spaniards in Peru, opera (performed and printed 1658)
- The History of Sir Francis Drake, history (performed 1658-9; printed1659)
- The Siege of Rhodes, Part II, tragicomedy (ca. 1657-9; printed 1663)
- The Playhouse to Be Let, comedy (performed ca. August 1663; printed 1673); includes Sir Frances Drake and The Cruelty of the Spaniards in Peru
- The Man's the Master, comedy (performed 26 March 1668; printed 1669)
Revisions, adaptations and other productions for the stage
[edit]- The First Day's Entertainment at Rutland House, a "disputation" (performed 23 May 1656; printed 1657)
- The Law Against Lovers (performed 10 February 1662, printed 1673), a version of Measure for Measure mixed with Much Ado About Nothing
- Macbeth (performed 5 November 1664; printed 1674), an operatic adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth
- Greene's Tu Quoque (performed 12 September 1667; lost), based upon the 1614 edition of John Cooke's Greene's Tu Quoque Or, the Cittie Gallant, which had been made famous by the actor Thomas Greene's 1611 performance
- The Tempest, or The Enchanted Island (performed 7 November 1667, printed 1670), an adaptation with John Dryden of Shakespeare's The Tempest
- The Rivals (c. 1664; printed 1668), a revision of The Two Noble Kinsmen
- Hamlet
- Julius Caesar with John Dryden
Compendiums
[edit]Works about Davenant
[edit]- "Sir William D’Avenant," in The Lives and Characters of the English Dramatick Poets (pp. 32−34), by Gerard Langbaine, London: Thomas Leigh (1698)
- "Sir William Davenant", in The Lives of the Poets-Laureate, by W. S. Austin and J. Ralph (1853)
- "D'Avenant, William," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
- "Davenant, or D'Avenant, Sir William," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
- "Davenant, Sir William," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911).
Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.
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