Kyd's Spanish Tragedy

Kyd's Spanish Tragedy

# Was written between 1582 and 1589

# It was a revenge Tragedy

# It was modelled on Seneca's revenge Tragedies.

#The central motif of the play is the revenge of Hironimo, Marshall of the Spain for the murder of his son Horatio.

#Horatio, in love with the beautiful Belimperia,was murdered by the prince of Portugal and by Belimperia's brother Lorenzo, who wanted her to marry the prince .

# Kyd's play introduced a new kind of Character in drama an obsessive, brooding and mistrust full plotter.

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