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Kyd, Thomas
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. [eng] |
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Kyd, Thomas -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
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. [eng] |
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Thomas Kyd (1558-1594)
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. [eng] |
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Thomas Kyd (1558-1595)
A biography of the Elizabethan dramatist and author of The Spanish Tragedy. [eng] |
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Thomas Kyd
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: [eng] |
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Project Gutenberg Edition of The Spanish Tragedie
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KYD, THOMAS
Kyd remained until the last decade of the igth century in what appeared likely to be impenetrable obscurity. Even his name was forgotten until Thomas Hawkins about 1773 discovered it in connexion with The Spanish Tragedy in Thomas Heywood's Apologiefor Actors. [eng] |
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Legends - Shakespeare's Stories - Hamlet
Briefly discusses The Spanish Tragedy as a source for Hamlet. [eng] |
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Kyd, 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. 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. [eng] |
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