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Description for The Spanish Tragedy
Paperback. One of the more popular plays of the Elizabethan period and a major influence on "Hamlet." Series: Drama Classics S. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 106 x 8. Weight in Grams: 98.
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A ghoulish and bloody 16th-century tragedy.
The ghost of a murdered courtier is promised by Revenge that he will see his murderer killed by his mistress. The two ghostly figures sit down to watch the violent proceedings.
Thomas Kyd's play The Spanish Tragedy is credited with establishing a new genre in English theatre, the revenge play or revenge tragedy.
This edition of the play in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series includes an introduction by Simon Trussler.
Product Details
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Series
Drama Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781854593771
SKU
V9781854593771
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Ref
99-5
Reviews for The Spanish Tragedy
'A murky world of royal skulduggery, hangings, knifings and delayed revenge, which is by no means remote from our own violent times'
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