A major new edition of Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy, an outstanding landmark of Elizabethan drama. In its time, it quickly became a box office success and probably inspired Shakespeare to write Hamlet, as it contains a ghost, murders that demand revenge and...
The first fully-fledged example of a revenge tragedy, the genre that became so influential in later Elizabethan and Jacobean drama, The Spanish Tragedy (1589) occupies a very special place in the history of English Renaissance drama. Hieronimo, Knight-Marshal of Spain...
The freshly edited and annotated text comes with a full introduction and illustrative materials intended for student readers.
The Spanish Tragedy was well known to sixteenth-century audiences, and its central elements--a play-within-a-play and a ghost bent on revenge--are...
The "revenge" play became the most durable and commercially successful type of drama on the Elizabethan stage. This example by Thomas Kyd, who was one of the originators of the genre, brings to life the intrigues of the Spanish court, dramatically juxtaposing romantic passion...
The "revenge" play became the most durable and commercially successful type of drama on the Elizabethan stage. This example by Thomas Kyd, who was one of the originators of the genre, brings to life the intrigues of the Spanish court, dramatically juxtaposing romantic passion...
The Spanish Tragedybecame one of the most successful plays on the Elizabethan English stage and laid the foundation of the revenge tragedy, a genre that playwrights returned to throughout the early modern era and that endures even today. The story surrounds the civil servant...
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. Its plot contains...
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. Its plot contains...
David Bevington's new introduction to this classic play includes the latest developments in performance history and theater criticism. Detailed notes make this an ideal teching text.
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Excerpt from The Spanish Tragedy: A Play A splendid vista of literary connection is opened to our imagination by the end of the passage and otherwhile, for recreation after their candle-stud, having starched their beards most curiously, to make a peripatetical path into...
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First performed in 1592, 'The Spanish Tragedy' is a masterpiece of Elizabethan drama. Set against the backdrop of the Spanish Court, the play follows the revenge plot of Hieronimo, a former court official whose son has been murdered. Full of intrigue, suspense, and unforgettable...
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A cornerstone of Elizabethan drama, Thomas Kyd's "The Spanish Tragedy" is a landmark work of English Renaissance theater and a foundational example of the revenge tragedy. This meticulously prepared edition makes this influential play available once more.