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Kyd, Thomas - English
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1558-94, English dramatist, b. London. The son of a scrivener, he evidently followed his father's profession for a few years. In the 1580s he began writing plays. His literary fame rests on The Spanish Tragedy (c.1586), which initiated an important Elizabethan dramatic genre—the revenge tragedy. Popular throughout the 17th cent., The Spanish Tragedy is notable for its exciting action, splendid rhetoric, and complex delineation of character.

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Project Gutenberg Edition of The Spanish Tragedie - English
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Kyd, Thomas -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article - English
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With The Spanish Tragedie (1592), he initiated the revenge tragedy, a favourite dramatic form in the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras in which the main motivation was revenge. One of the most popular plays of its time, it prepared the way for William Shakespeare's Hamlet and other plays.

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Thomas Kyd - English
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One of the most popular plays of the whole period covered by Shakespeare's career was The Spanish Tragedy, probably by Thomas Kyd*. Kyd startles with spectacular stage devices adopted from Senecan drama:

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Legends - Shakespeare's Stories - Hamlet - English
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Briefly discusses The Spanish Tragedy as a source for Hamlet.

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Kyd, Thomas - English
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Kyd or Kid, Thomas, 1558–94, English dramatist, b. London. The son of a scrivener, he evidently followed his father's profession for a few years. In the 1580s he began writing plays.

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Thomas Kyd (1558-1594) - English
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Born in 1558, Thomas Kyd was educated at the Merchant Taylors School in London. Although the details of Kyd's life are obscure, it is known that he shared a room with another playwright, Christopher Marlowe. Not as poetic as Marlowe, Kyd's brilliance came from his understanding of the requirements of the stage and his instinctive grasp of the tragic form.

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Thomas Kyd (1558-1595) - English
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A biography of the Elizabethan dramatist and author of The Spanish Tragedy.

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