Thomas Kyd
Playwright, Author
1558 – 1594
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Who was Thomas Kyd?
Thomas Kyd was an English dramatist, 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 discovered that Kyd was named as its author by Thomas Heywood in his Apologie for Actors. 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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- Born
- Nov 6, 1558
London - Also known as
- Кид, Томас
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Education
- Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood
- Died
- Aug 15, 1594
London
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on July 23, 2013
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