![]() The ghost of Andrea and the ghost of Revenge are on the stage throughout the entire play, their voices comprising a chorus that responds to the main characters. In combat, the Viceroy’s son Balthazar killed the leading Spanish officer, Andrea, and was consequently taken hostage. The play is backgrounded in the war between the Viceroy of Portugal and the ruling Spanish nation, particularly a famous battle in which the Portuguese lost. Its similarity to Shakespeare’s Hamlet has led some scholars to believe that Shakespeare used Kyd’s play as a template for his work. The novel was later referred to, both directly and implicitly, by other Elizabethan playwrights, including Ben Jonson, Christopher Marlowe, and William Shakespeare. The play includes a number of violent murders, looked on partly by a character who personifies Revenge. ![]() It was widely acclaimed in the English theatre, recapitulating the model of the revenge tragedy. ![]() The Spanish Tragedy is an Elizabethan tragedy produced by Thomas Kyd sometime in the last two decades of the sixteenth century. ![]()
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