6 Quotes & Sayings By Thomas Kyd

Thomas Kyd was an English playwright, poet, and translator of the Jacobean era. He was also an early figure in the mystery-writing genre, writing plays for the Blackfriars Theatre in London to be performed after the main theatre performance had concluded. His plays were often based on stories told by the actor-manager John Webster, who appears as a character in at least two of Kyd's plays. For this reason, Kyd is sometimes referred to as "the first professional mystery writer" Read more

His first play, The Spanish Tragedy, has been attributed to both Edward Alleyn and Robert Greene.

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BEL-IMPERIA: Oh let me go; for in my troubled eyes Now may'st thou read that life in passion dies. H O R A T I O: Oh stay a while, and I will die with thee; So shalt thou yield, and yet have conquered me. Thomas Kyd
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My soule, poore soule thou talkes of things/ Thou knowest not what, my soule hath sliver wings, / That mounts me up unto the highest heavens. Thomas Kyd
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Then haste we down to meet thy friends and foes; To place thy friends in ease, the rest in woes. For here though death doth end their misery, I'll there begin their endless tragedy. Thomas Kyd
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Comedies are fit for common wits: But to present a kingly troop withal, Give me a stately-written tra Thomas Kyd
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Oh eyes, no eyes, but fountains fraught with tears; O life, no life, but lively form of death; Oh world, no world, but mass of public wrongs. Thomas Kyd