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Thomas Kyd. Thomas Kyd (baptised 6 November 1558; buried 15 August 1594) was an English playwright, the author of The Spanish Tragedy, and one of the most important figures in the development of Elizabethan drama . Although well known in his own time, Kyd fell into obscurity until 1773 when Thomas Hawkins, an early editor of The Spanish Tragedy ...
University Wits. Thomas Kyd (baptized Nov. 6, 1558, London, Eng.—died c. December 1594, London) was an English dramatist who, with his The Spanish Tragedy (sometimes called Hieronimo, or Jeronimo, after its protagonist), initiated the revenge tragedy of his day. Kyd anticipated the structure of many later plays, including the development of ...
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Jun 11, 2018 · Kyd, Thomas (1558–94) English dramatist who achieved popular success with The Spanish Tragedy ( c. 1589). Kyd was a member of the literary circles of his day, associating with Marlowe. In 1593 he was arrested for treasonable activities. Thomas Kyd >The English dramatist Thomas Kyd (1558-1594) is best known for "The Spanish >Tragedy," a play ...
Thomas Kyd was born in 1558 and died in 1594. The last years of his life were plagued by the repurcussions of his involvement in what seems to have been subversive political activities together with his friend and some time room-mate, Christopher Marlowe. He was imprisoned and tortured, as was Marlowe. Marlowe was assassinated in Deptford in ...
Oct 6, 2020 · The Spanish Tragedy is the best known play by Thomas Kyd, one of Shakespeare's chief predecessors & early contemporaries. It brings to life intrigues of Spanish court, vividly juxtaposing romantic passion, sudden death & clandestine politics
interlude. university wits, the notable group of pioneer English dramatists who wrote during the last 15 years of the 16th century and who transformed the native interlude and chronicle play with their plays of quality and diversity. The university wits include Christopher Marlowe, Robert Greene, and Thomas Nashe (all graduates of Cambridge ...
The Spanish Tragedy, or Hieronimo is Mad Again [1] is an Elizabethan tragedy written by Thomas Kyd between 1582 and 1592. Highly popular and influential in its time, The Spanish Tragedy established a new genre in English theatre: the revenge play or revenge tragedy. The play contains several violent murders and personifies Revenge as its own ...
