The Spanish tragedy

Description:

A revenge play or revenge tragedy. Its plot contains several violent murders and includes as one of its characters a personification of Revenge. Contains the play-within-a-play used to trap a murderer and a ghost intent on vengeance, which became popular motifs in plays that followed.

subjects: English drama,  English drama (Tragedy),  Theater,  Spanish tragedy (Kyd, Thomas),  British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author),  Nobility,  Drama,  Revenge,  Ghost plays,  Early modern and Elizabethan,  Spanish drama,  Spanish literature,  Drama (dramatic works by one author)

Times: Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600