Doing Kyd

Nicoleta Cinpoes is Senior Lecturer in English – Shakespeare at the University of Worcester

‘Thomas Kyd’s oft-taught revenge play The Spanish Tragedy engages with issues resonant in our time: authoritarianism, economic and social inequality, global­ization, and the seeming impossibility of worldly justice. Though this collection emerged from a 2006 workshop at the University of Warwick and seems to have had a long gestation, its publication is well-timed for the current political moment.’Early Theatre 20.1, Marianne Montgomery, East Carolina University‘This valuable compendium, which revisits the critical reception of a landmark play and confirms its relevance for modern-day audiences, concludes with Cinpoes¸’s comprehensive bibliography of Kyd studies from 1993 to 2013 as well as an index.’Dana E. Aspinall, Alma College, Cahiers Elisabethains: A Journal of English Renaissance Studies XX (X)

• Foreword – Nicoleta CinpoesIntroduction: Supernatural structures in Kyd and Shakespeare – Philip EdwardsPart I: ‘Vindicta mihi’1. Enacting revenge – Jonathan Bate2. Vindicating revenge – Evghenii Musica 3. Gendering revenge – Kristine SteenberghPart II: The Spanish Tragedy in print4. ‘Undoing Kyd’: the texts of The Spanish Tragedy – Simon Barker5. Editing The Spanish Tragedy – Jesús Tronch Part III: ‘Chronicles of Spain’ or Tales of Albion?6. How Spanish is The Spanish Tragedy? Dynastic policy and colonial expansion in revenge tragedy – Clara Calvo7. Kyd’s Use of Antonio Pérez’ Las Relaciones in The Spanish Tragedy – Frank Ardolino 8. The Spanish Tragedy and its continental contexts – Ton Hoenselaars and Helmer HelmersPart IV: Doing Kyd9. Staging Babel: The Spanish Tragedy in performance – Tony Howard10. Hieronimo still mad: why adapt The Spanish Tragedy today? – Tod DaviesPart V: Thomas Kyd bibliography 1993–2013 – Nicoleta CinpoesAfterword: ‘What is a play without a woman in it?’ – Carol Chillington RutterContributorsIndex