ISBN-13: 9781594625480 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 200 str.
ISBN-13: 9781594625480 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 200 str.
The Spanish Tragedy, highly influential and popular in its time, established a new genre in English theatre - the revenge play or revenge tragedy. The plot of ""The Spanish Tragedy"" contains several violent murders and includes as one of its characters a personification of Revenge. This work was often referenced in works written by other Elizabethan playwrights, including William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, and Christopher Marlowe. Many elements of The Spanish Tragedy, such as the play-within-a-play appear in Shakespeare's Hamlet. Thomas Kyd is also frequently proposed as the author of the lost Ur-Hamlet play that was one of Shakespeare's primary sources for Hamlet)
The Spanish Tragedy, highly influential and popular in its time, established anew genre in English theatre - the revenge play or revenge tragedy. The plotof ""The Spanish Tragedy"" contains several violent murders and includes as one of its characters a personification of Revenge. This work was often referencedin works written by other Elizabethan playwrights, including WilliamShakespeare, Ben Jonson, and Christopher Marlowe. Many elements of The SpanishTragedy, such as the play-within-a-play appear in Shakespeares Hamlet. Thomas Kydis also frequently proposed as the author of the lost Ur-Hamlet play that was one of Shakespearesprimary sources for Hamlet)