Doing Kyd

<i>Doing Kyd</i> reads Thomas Kyd's <i>The Spanish Tragedy</i> the box-office and print success of its time as the play that established the revenge genre in England and served as a 'pattern and precedent' for the golden generation of early modern playwrights from Marlowe and Shakespeare to Middleton Webster and Ford. Interdisciplinary in approach and accessible in style this collection is crucial in two respects: firstly it has a wide spectrum addressing readers with interests in the play from its early impact as the first sixteenth-century revenge tragedy to its afterlife in print on the stage in screen adaptation and bibliographical studies. Secondly the collection appears at a time when Kyd and his play are back in the spotlight through renewed critical interest several new stage productions between 2009 and 2013 and its firm presence in higher-education curriculum for English and drama.