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Thomas Kyd was a male playwright, writer, and literary translator born in London in 1558. He was baptized on November 6, 1558, and educated at Merchant Taylors' School. Kyd wrote in the English language and was a citizen of the United Kingdom.
His notable works include *The Spanish Tragedy*, *Cornelia*, *The Spanish tragedy, or Hieronimo is mad again*, *The True Chronicle History of King Leir*, *Spanish Tragedy (SparkNotes Literature Guide)*, and *Blood is a Beggar*. Kyd died in London on July 16, 1594, and was buried in the same city. He is described in sources such as the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*, *The Nuttall Encyclopædia*, and the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1558
- Died
- 1594
- Works
- 69
Top works
- Cornelia
- The Spanish tragedy, or Hieronimo is mad again
- The True Chronicle History of King Leir. 1605
- Spanish Tragedy (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
- Blood is a Beggar
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- literary translator
- Educated at
- Merchant Taylors' School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- The Spanish Tragedy
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- Kyd-SpanishTragedie-title.JPG
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- Thomas Kyd
- date of birth
- 1558-00-00
- date of death
- 1594-00-00
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- place of burial
- London
- date of baptism
- 1558-11-06
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Although well known in his own time, Kyd fell into obscurity until 1773 when Thomas Hawkins, an early editor of The Spanish Tragedy, discovered that Thomas Heywood, in his Apologie for Actors (1612), attributed the play to Kyd. A hundred years later, scholars in Germany and England began to shed light on his life and work, including the controversial finding that he may have been the author of a Hamlet play pre-dating Shakespeare's, which is now known as the Ur-Hamlet.
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