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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1662. ==Events== *February 15 - Première of Sir William Davenant's ''The Law Against Lovers'', the first Restoration adaptation of Shakespeare (an amalgam of ''Measure for Measure'' and ''Much Ado About Nothing''), given by the Duke's Company at the new Duke's Theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields, London. *September 29 - Samuel Pepys sees the King's Company production of ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' in London. In his Diary, he calls it "The most insipid, ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life." *December 26 - Première of Molière's comedy ''The School for Wives'' (''L'école des femmes'') at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-Honoré) in Paris. * Two ''autos sacramentales'' by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, entitled ''Las órdenes militares'' and ''Mística y real Babilonia'', are the subject of an inquiry by the Spanish Inquisition; the former is censured, its manuscript copies confiscated, and remains condemned until 1671. * The Parliament of England passes the first Printing Act of the Restoration era, the Licensing of the Press Act, which restricts London printers to a total of 24, each with no more than three presses and three apprentices. Books printed abroad are banned. Roger L'Estrange is granted a warrant to seize seditious books or pamphlets. * John Ogilby, Master of the Revels in Ireland, opens the first Theatre Royal, Dublin, in Smock Alley. 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「1662 in literature」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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