ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Thomas Kyd, (baptized Nov. 6, 1558, London, Eng.-died c. December 1594, London), English dramatist who, with his The Spanish Tragedy (sometimes called Hieronimo, or Jeronimo, after its protagonist), initiated the revenge tragedy of his day.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Spanish Tragedy, or Hieronimo is Mad Again is an Elizabethan tragedy written by Thomas Kyd between 1582 and 1592. Highly popular and influential in its time, The Spanish Tragedy established a new genre in English theatre, the revenge play or revenge tragedy.

Detailed explanation-3: -Thomas Kyd (baptised 6 November 1558; buried 15 August 1594) was an English playwright, the author of The Spanish Tragedy, and one of the most important figures in the development of Elizabethan drama.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Spanish Tragedy, written by Thomas Kyd is a revenge play that was highly popular during the Elizabethan era. It is popular because it followed Senecan model of bloodshed and bloody murdering scenes. The play also contains an element of play within a play which was set up as a revenge on the murderers.