The Kyd, Thomas 1558-1594 creator text utu 2011 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Spanish Tragedy" by Thomas Kyd is an Elizabethan tragedy written between 1582 and 1592. This groundbreaking work established the revenge play as a new genre in English theatre. The play features violent murders and personifies Revenge as its own character, influencing countless later works including Shakespeare's "Hamlet." Highly popular in its time, it contains elements like a play-within-a-play used to trap a murderer and a ghost seeking vengeance. The work is considered one of the most influential plays of Renaissance theatre. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spanish_Tragedy Release date is 2011-02-19 Produced by Richard Schwarz Original publication data not identified English drama Tragedies (Drama) PR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35330 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35330 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133815.0 35330