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   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 .

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   Mar 20, 2024 · 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.

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   Was Kyd a real person?

   • Because of this, some of Kyd's life has given way to legend and conjecture. Nevertheless, some facts can be related with certitude: Kyd was the son of Francis and Anna Kyd. He was baptized in the church of St. Mary Woolnoth, Lombard Street, London on November 6, 1558.

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   Was Kyd a good playwright?

   • At some point after he left school Kyd shared a room with fellow playwright Christopher Marlowe. Though little of his work survives, we know he was successful in his day as Ben Jonson called him "famous Kyd", and Francis Meres wrote he was among "our best for tragedy".

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   Was Kyd a good student?

   • Kyd was not educated at university and came from a relatively humble background; nonetheless, he was well-acquainted with the classics and most likely was fluent in Latin and Greek.

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   Jun 11, 2018 · The English dramatist Thomas Kyd (1558-1594) is best known for "The Spanish Tragedy," a play that was a great popular success and did much to influence the course of English tragedy of the late Renaissance. Thomas Kyd was the son of Francis Kyd, a scrivener, or professional scribe, of London.

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   Playwright Thomas Kyd, a few years older than William Shakespeare, was probably as influential in the development of Renaissance drama as the Bard, even though he died at the age of 36. Kyd is the author of The Spanish Tragedy, the revenge tragedy that sparked the hugely popular trend for the theme of revenge in Elizabethan and Jacobean drama.

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   Thomas Kyd (1558 – 1594) was an English dramatist who gained great popularity in his own day but faded into almost complete obscurity after his death until, centuries later, he was rediscovered. He is now considered by scholars to be one of the most influential dramatists of the early Elizabethan period.

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   The Spanish Tragedy, or Hieronimo is Mad Again, 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 Spanish Tragedy”).

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    Aug 13, 2012 · It is possible that some time before 1589 he wrote what is known as the Ur-Hamlet, the lost version of Hamlet on which Shakespeare's play was based. 16th century illustration of 'The Spanish Tragedy', by Thomas Kyd. [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons. In 1589 he wrote his most famous play, The Spanish Tragedy.