![]() He began writing plays for the Queen’s Company and is thought to have begun work on the Spanish Tragedy between 1582-1592 (“The Spanish Tragedy”). There is no record of him attending university after he completed his secondary schooling though he is thought to have turned to literature at this point. Entrance to this school required an understanding of Latin or Greek and the Bible. At the age of seven, Kyd gained a major achievement when he got into Merchant Taylors school, one of the newer schools at the time (“Thomas Kyd”). ![]() He was raised in a middle-class family in London by his father, Francis Kyd, who was a scrivener, an important position in under Elizabethan Law. Though no known records exist of Thomas Kyd’s birth, he was baptized shortly thereafter on November 6th, 1558. ![]() Highly popular and influential in its time, The Spanish Tragedy established a new genre in English theatre, the revenge play or revenge tragedy (“The Spanish Tragedy”). The Spanish Tragedy, or Hieronimo is Mad Again, is an Elizabethan tragedy written by Thomas Kyd between 15. “The Spanish Tragedie, or, Hieronimo is mad againe” by unknown artist. ![]()
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