It has historically been proposed and rumored that Thomas Kyd wrote a play called Ur-Hamlet that acted as the primary source of reference for one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays Hamlet.Although not a trace of this play has ever been found, the rumor will still live on purely based on the extent of similarity between Hamlet and Kyd’s version of the revenge tragedy. The most notable influence Kyd had was on William Shakespeare and his take on the revenge play or revenge tragedy.The term “influence “ is used very generally and lightly when it comes to Kyd’s effect on Shakespeare’s writing, but after further review, Shakespeare seems to steal or almost replicate a great amount of aspects introduced in Kyd’s The Spanish Tragedy. The first true and popular revenge tragedy was a play by the name of The Spanish Tragedy and it was written by Thomas Kyd between the years of 1582 to 1592.īeing the first of its kind, The Spanish Tragedy has been referred to and has been influential to playwrights ever since its release.
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