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The Spanish Tragedy

by Thomas Kyd · 1592 · 104 pages

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Large Format for easy reading. Highly popular and influential in the development of Elizabethan drama, it established a new genre in English theatre; the revenge play.

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Genre
literary fictionhistorical fictiontudorcrimeghost
Themes
theatreclass
Setting
tudorrenaissancecollegeenglandbritish
Audience
adult
Length
short · 104 pages
Form
playspoetry

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