Thomas Kyd.
"The Spanish Tragedy" was written by Thomas Kyd.
No, The Spanish Tragedy was written by Thomas Kyd (1558-1594)
The Spanish Tragedy is most definitely a revenge tragedy. In fact it is the first of its kind. It is the play that the revenge tragedies of the English renaissance imitate, making them revenge tragedies. While Hamlet is the most famous revenge tragedy of the period, The Spanish Tragedy was without a doubt the most influential.
"The Spanish Tragedy" was written by Thomas Kyd, an English playwright believed to have written the play around 1587. It is considered one of the earliest examples of a revenge tragedy in English literature.
Peter B. Murray has written: 'Thomas Kyd' -- subject(s): Criticism and interpretation, Kyd, Thomas, 1558-1594. The Spanish tragedy
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Scholars have postulated an earlier Hamlet play which they call the Ur-Hamlet. The hot betting at this time is on Thomas Kyd (author of The Spanish Tragedy) as the author. The German play Die Brudermord (The Fratricide) may be a translation of this play.
Shakespeare wrote two revenge tragedies, Hamlet and Titus Andronicus. Let's see if some suggested elements fit both plays and two other famous revenge tragedies, Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy and Webster's The White Devil: 1. A play within a play: Hamlet yes, Spanish Tragedy yes, Devil no, Titus not really, unless you count Tamora dressing up as Revenge. 2. Ghosts: Hamlet yes, Spanish Tragedy yes, Devil and Titus no. 3. Murder/death: You betcha, lots of both in all four plays 4. Madness: Yes, there is feigned madness in The White Devil and Hamlet and real madness in the Spanish Tragedy, Titus and Hamlet. 5. Personifications of Revenge: Yes in Spanish tragedy and Titus, no in the others 6. Feigned reconciliation: Spanish Tragedy yes, Titus yes, Hamlet yes, Devil no. 7. Moors: Titus yes, White Devil yes, the others no. 8. Disguise: In The White Devil and Titus, and also in The Revenger's Tragedy, another revenge tragedy 9. Adultery: Implied in Hamlet, yes in the White Devil and Titus, not in the Spanish Tragedy.
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