Which Elizabethan play was more popular than any of Shakespeare’s? The first English revenge tragedy... probably containing passages written by Shakespeare himself..? York Shakespeare Project proudly presents Thomas Kyd’s The Spanish Tragedy! Lost to the professional stage for 300 years and still rarely performed (because it’s so violent?) grab this opportunity to see the play that heavily influenced Hamlet, The Duchess of Malfi, and the future of British theatre!

Contains depictions of self-injury, murder and suicide