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The Spanish Tragedy (Arden Early Modern Drama) Paperback – March 14, 2013

by Thomas Kyd (Author), Clara Calvo (Editor), Jesus Tronch (Editor),
4.7 out of 5 stars 45 ratings
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A major new edition of Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy,an outstanding landmark of Elizabethan drama. In its time, it quickly became a box office success and probably inspired Shakespeare to write Hamlet, as it contains a ghost, murders that demand revenge and a hero that hesitates and contemplates suicide. As a revenge tragedy, it set up the salient features of a dramatic genre that would last decades. Its hero, the aged Marshall of Spain Hieronimo, whose son is murdered at night, soon transcended the play and became the standard stage representation of grief, rhetorical passion and madness. Hieronimo's main antagonist is one of the first Machiavellian characters of English drama.

This edition explores the play in relation to its historical context and contemporary Iberian dynastic policy. It also relates the play, as a literary artefact, to other artistic manifestations of the European Renaissance and offers a fresh assessment of the play's stage history. For the first time in the play's textual history, this edition presents an integrated text inviting a reading of the play as it was published both in 1592 and in 1602.

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    March 14, 2013
  5. Dimensions
    5.1 x 0.85 x 7.7 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    190427160X
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1904271604
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“The Spanish Tragedy has a long stage history which Calvo and Tronch summarize concisely [in this book]. Professional performances up to 2010 are documented, but amateur performances, often ignored by critics, are also shown to yield interesting insights.” ―The Year's Work in English Studies

“A well-thought-out contribution to the study of Kyd, The Spanish Tragedy, and its underlying themes of cultural representation, power relations, afterlife studies, early modern international relations, and historical context analysis.” ―H-Nationalism

About the Author

Thomas Kyd (1558-94) was an English playwright, about whose life and works little is now known. Kyd was a contemporary of Spenser and a friend of Marlowe. He was criticized by the court poets for his lack of formal education but enjoyed great popularity as a dramatist. None of his early work having survived, he is chiefly remembered for The Spanish Tragedy (c. 1589), the first English revenge tragedy. This violent and bloody play proved extremely popular and was revived after the Restoration in a production remarked upon by Samuel Pepys. Its influence can be seen in English tragedy throughout the 17th century, most notably in Shakespeare's Hamlet, which employs not only the revenge theme but also the use of a play-within-a-play to reveal the identity of the murderer. Largely because of this, Kyd has often been suggested as the most likely author of the so-called 'ur-Hamlet' (c. 1594), a lost play that is known to have supplied many of the basic plot elements of Shakespeare's masterpiece. In recent years much attention has been paid to Kyd's possible role in the events leading to the death of his friend Christopher Marlowe. In May 1593 Kyd was arrested for possession of a 'heretical' treatise denying the divinity of Christ. Under severe torture he stated that the document had been given him by Marlowe, a noted freethinker who seems to have been the authorities' real target. Kyd's evidence led to an arrest warrant being issued against Marlowe, who was killed in murky circumstances a few weeks later. Kyd himself never recovered from his treatment in prison and died the following year.

Suzanne Gossett (Ph.D. Princeton) is Professor Emerita of English at Loyola University Chicago. She is a General Editor of Arden Early Modern Drama and has recently served as president of the Shakespeare Association of America.

Gordon McMullan is a professor of English at King's College London, UK.

John Jowett is Emeritus Professor at the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Arden Shakespeare; Reprint edition (March 14, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 392 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 190427160X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1904271604
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.1 x 0.85 x 7.7 inches
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  • Cardinal Finery
    5.0 out of 5 stars Can't believe Arden put this out.
    Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2013
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    SO glad Arden came out with a copy of the Spanish Tragedie. The Baron's Men, a shakespearean troupe in Austin, TX is performing this play in the fall of 2013 and this release couldn't be more timely, relevant, or useful for the effort.
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  • David Auerbach
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Arden edition of The Spanish tragedy
    Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2013
    I am reviewing Arden's edition of The Spanish Tragedy (Arden Early Modern Drama) edited by Clara Calvo and Jesus Tronch. They have done a very careful and comprehensive job of separating out the mess around its two editions (1592 and 1602) and the various additions made to the later version, following on from the excellent work of Lukas Erne. Their notes are thorough and careful. The introduction is comprehensive and readable. The two editors stick pretty close to the text, which is probably a good thing. They don't get sidetracked by the big lurking issue, which is exactly what Shakespeare borrowed from the play in Hamlet (it's really hard not to notice the similarities) and why Shakespeare changed what he did. That's for the reader to puzzle over.

    They take a cautious stance on the 1602 additions, covering the history of how they've been attributed but concluding that there isn't enough evidence to attribute it conclusively to Shakespeare, as several have recently (and not so recently) claimed. Unlike some of the wild attributions to Shakespeare that have been made over the last 30 years, the case here is reasonably plausible, but I respect Calvo and Tronch's hesitation.

    They point out the Hamlet parallels in the notes but do not indulge in any interpretive leaps, presenting the play as a standalone piece of drama. And if you can forget about Hamlet (probably impossible), it stands alone pretty well. I recommend this edition. The Arden Early Modern Drama series has been inconsistent--some entries like Suzanne Gossett's Philaster (Arden Early Modern Drama) have been very good, while others like Leah Marcus's The Duchess of Malfi (Arden Early Modern Drama) have been rather poor. This is one of the best in the series and bodes well for the future.
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  • Beatriz P.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Impoluto
    Reviewed in Spain on October 21, 2021
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    Ha llegado perfecto.
    Nada doblado y todo muy cuidado.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for
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    Came on time- included the introductions and previous stage productions. Perfect for English
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  • josepe
    4.0 out of 5 stars Buena compra
    Reviewed in Spain on January 29, 2015
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    Tiene una introducción ocupa gran parte del libro. También trae explicaciones de los autores a la obra como ayuda para su entendimiento.
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    As described
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