The Spanish tragedy

A revenge play or revenge tragedy. Its plot contains several violent murders and includes as one of its characters a personification of Revenge. Contains the play-within-a-play used to trap a murderer and a ghost intent on vengeance, which became popular motifs in plays that followed.

First sentence: Enter the Ghoast of Andrea, and with him Reuenge.

Year

1594

Language

English

Publisher

Dodo Press

Editions

14

Pages

104

ISBN

9781406500424

Data source: Wikidata