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Latest revision as of 06:56, 11 July 2025
The Spanish Tragedy is an Elizabethan play by Thomas Kyd (1558-1594)[1]
Contents
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
Though primarily a prescribed text for English and Drama studies at various institutions, the presence of a typed copy of the text found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department's theatre archives, seems also to suggest the possibility of a performance of the play by students at the some time in the 1960s or 1970s.
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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