Composers and their stage works 



William DAVENANT

Born Oxford April 1606: Died London 7 April, 1668

PLAYS

All were first performed in London.
  1. Albovine, King of the Lombards. Tragedy. Written ca. 1626. Published 1629.
  2. The Cruel Brother. Tragedy. Published 1630 (Stationers' Register, Jan. 10, 1630). Produced Blackfriars Theatre (King's Men), early 1627 (licensed Jan. 12,. 1627).
  3. The Siege. Comedy. Published 1673 (Stationers' Register, as The Colonel, Jan. 1, 1630). Produced Cockpit Theatre (?), 1629? (licensed July 22, 1629, as The Colonel, believed but not certain to be the same play).
  4. The Just Italian. Play. Published 1630 (Stationers' Register, Jan. 10, 1630). Produced Blackfriars Theatre (King's Men), late 1629 (licensed Oct. 2, 1629).
  5. The Wits. Comedy. Published 1636 (Stationers' Register, Feb. 4, 1636). Produced Blackfriars Theatre (King's Men), Jan. 22, 1634 (licensed Jan. 19, 1634).
  6. Love and Honour; also entitled The Courage of Love; and the Nonpareilles, or The Matchless Maids. Tragicomedy. Published 1649 (Stationers' Register, Sept. 4, 1646). Produced Blackfriars Theatre (King's Men), before Dec. 12, 1634 (licensed Nov. 20, 1634).
  7. The Temple of Love. Masque. Published 1635. Produced Whitehall, Feb. 10, 1635. Settings: Inigo Jones.
  8. News from Plymouth. Comedy. Published 1673 (in folio). Produced Globe Theatre (King's Men), summer, 1635 (licensed Aug. 1, 1635).
  9. The Platonic Lovers. Tragicomedy. Published 1636 (Stationers' Register, Feb. 4, 1636). Produced Blackfriars Theatre (King's Men), late 1635 (licensed Nov. 16, 1635).
  10. The Triumphs of the Prince D'Amour. Masque. Published 1636 (Stationers' Register, Feb. 19, 1636). Produced Middle Temple, Feb. 23/24, 1636.
  11. Britannia Triumphans. Masque. Published 1638 (licensed for publication Jan. 8, 1638). Produced Whitehall, Jan. 7, 1638.
  12. Luminalia, or The Festival of Light. Masque. Published 1638. Produced Whitehall, Feb. 6, 1638. Settings: Jones.
  13. The Unfortunate Lovers. Tragedy. Published 1643. Produced Blackfriars Theatre (King's Men), Apr. 23, 1638 (licensed Apr. 16, 1638).
  14. The Fair Favourite. Tragicomedy. Published 1673 (in folio). Produced Cockpit Theatre (King's Men), Nov. 20, 1638 (licensed Nov. 17, 1638).
  15. The Distresses; probably also entitled The Spanish Lovers. Comedy. Published 1673. Produced King's Men, late 1639 (licensed Nov. 30, 1639).
  16. Salmacida Spolia. Masque. Published 1640. Produced Whitehall, Jan. 21, 1640.
  17. The First Day's Entertainment at Rutland House. Entertainment. Published 1657. Produced Rutland House, May 23, 1656.
  18. The Siege of Rhodes, Part I. Opera. Published 1656. Produced Rutland House, September, 1656.
  19. The Cruelty of the Spaniards in Peru. Opera. Published 1658 (Stationers' Register, Nov. 30, 1658). Produced Cockpit Theatre, 1658.
  20. The Siege of Rhodes, Part II. Opera. Published 1663 (Stationers' Register, May 30, 1659). Produced Cockpit Theatre (?), 1659?
  21. The History of Sir Francis Drake. Opera. Published 1659. Produced Cockpit Theatre, 1659.
  22. The Law Against Lovers. Tragicomedy. Published 1673. Produced Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, Feb. 5, 1662.
  23. The Play-House to Be Let. Comedy. Published 1673. Produced Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, ca. August, 1663.
  24. The Rivals. Comedy. Published 1668 (Stationers' Register, Nov. 9, 1668). Produced Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, before September, 1664. A revision of John Fletcher's The Two Noble Kinsmen.
  25. Greene's Tu Quoque. Comedy. Produced Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, Sept. 12, 1667.
  26. The Tempest, or The Enchanted Island. (Adaptation; with John Dryden). Comedy. Published 1670 (Stationers' Register, Jan. 8, 1670). Produced Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, Nov. 7, 1667. Based on William Shakespeare's play.
  27. The Man's the Master. Comedy. Published 1669 (Stationers' Register, June 8, 1669). Produced Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, Mar. 26, 1668.
  28. Macbeth. (Adaptation). Dramatic opera. Published 1674. Produced Dorset Garden Theatre, Feb. 18, 1673. Based on Shakespeare's play.