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| | §16. Thomas Kyds early work. VII. Marlowe and Kyd. Vol. 5. The Drama to 1642, Part One. The Cambridge ... |
 | | The dramatic career of Thomas Kyd covers a shorter period than Marlowes; and, despite the great popularity and influence of The Spanish Tragedie, it lacks both the range and sustained interest of the work of his junior and associate. |
 | | He was the son of one Francis Kyd, a city scrivener, and was educated at Merchant Taylors school, in which, from 26 October, 1565, he was a fellow pupil with Edmund Spenser. |
 | | This date and an earlier fixing his baptism on 6 November, 1558, are the sole biographical evidence available, with theexception of sundry references, at the close of his short life, in papers connected with the judicial enquiry into Marlowes religious opinions. |
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