Four Revenge Tragedies: The Spanish Tragedy, the Revenger's Tragedy, 'Tis Pity She's a Whore and the White Devil

by Thomas Kyd, John Ford, John Webster, et al.

Book Overview

Francis Bacon described revenge as a 'kind of wild justice'. Then as now, early modern playwrights and their theatre-going public were fascinated by the anarchic energies that a desire for retribution unleashes. Rather than rehearsing familiar conventions, each of these plays presents a unique social and cultural milieu where dark fantasies of revenge are variously played out.

In Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy a grieving father...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1408159600
• ISBN13: 9781408159606
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Length: 600 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 5.1" x 7.8"