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(1558-94)English Renaissance playwright. Author of The Spanish Tragedy, an exceptionally popular play on the Elizabethan stage. The Spanish Tragedy was one of Shakespeare's sources for Hamlet and is an early example of revenge tragedy.

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Legends: Shakespeare's Stories: Hamlet Briefly discusses The Spanish Tragedy as a source for Hamlet. legends.dm.net/shakespeare/hamlet.html

Imagi-nation: Thomas Kyd Biography plus links to all of his works currently in print. www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc25.html

Bartleby.com: Kyd References T.S. Eliot's essay on Hamlet from "The Sacred Wood" touches upon Kyd and "The Spanish Tragedy." www.bartleby.com/200/sw9.html

Renaissance Tragedy Comparative essay of Shakespeare's Hamlet and Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy. www.english-literature.org/../..