Thomas Kyd was born in 1558 and is most noted as a pivotal figure in the development of Elizabeth...

Francis Bacon described revenge as a 'kind of wild justice'. Then as now, early modern playwright...

Francis Bacon described revenge as a 'kind of wild justice'. Then as now, early modern playwright...

The first fully-fledged example of a revenge tragedy, the genre that became so influential in lat...

As the Elizabethan era gave way to the reign of James I, England grappled with corruption within ...

The first fully-fledged example of a revenge tragedy, the genre that became so influential in lat...

"e;The Spanish Tragedy"e;, or "e;Hieronimo"e; is Mad Again is an Elizabethan trag...

Little is known about the life of Thomas Kyd (1558-1594), but we do know that in the early 1580s ...

Thomas Kyd was a prominent English playwright who played a pivotal role in the development of dra...