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==The original text==
 
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The Spanish Tragedy, or Hieronimo is Mad Again[1] 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. It is considered one of the most influential plays of the Renaissance theatre.[
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Also referred to as ''[[Hieronimo is Mad Again]]'' in some sources, it appears to have been written between 1582 and 1592 and became a highly popular and influential work in its time, and is considered one of the most influential plays of the Renaissance theatre.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spanish_Tragedy]
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 06:52, 11 July 2025

The Spanish Tragedy is an Elizabethan play by Thomas Kyd (1558-1594)[1]

The original text

Also referred to as Hieronimo is Mad Again in some sources, it appears to have been written between 1582 and 1592 and became a highly popular and influential work in its time, and is considered one of the most influential plays of the Renaissance theatre.[2]

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spanish_Tragedy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Kyd

Typed copy of the text found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department's theatre archives and now held in the Performing Arts Research Collection (PARC) at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa. Go to ESAT Bibliography

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