It remained one of the most popular plays of the age and was often reprinted. It is not known which company first played it, nor when but Strange’s company played Hieronimo 16 times in 1592, and the Admiral’s Men revived it in 1597, as apparently did the Chamberlain’s Men. The Spanish Tragedy was entered in the Stationers’ Register in October 1592, and the undated first quarto edition almost certainly appeared in that year. He seems to have been in service for some years with a lord (possibly Ferdinando, Lord Strange, the patron of Lord Strange’s Men). There is no evidence that he attended the university before turning to literature. The son of a scrivener, Kyd was educated at the Merchant Taylors School in London. In addition, he revealed an instinctive sense of tragic situation, while his characterization of Hieronimo in The Spanish Tragedy prepared the way for Shakespeare’s psychological study of Hamlet. Kyd anticipated the structure of many later plays, including the development of middle and final climaxes. December 1594, London), English dramatist who, with his The Spanish Tragedy (sometimes called Hieronimo, or Jeronimo, after its protagonist), initiated the revenge tragedy of his day.
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