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The Spanish Tragedy, Paperback / softback Book

The Spanish Tragedy Paperback / softback

Part of the Drama Classics series

Paperback / softback

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Drama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little PriceA 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.

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