Thomas Kyd's 'The Spanish Tragedy' is credited with establishing which highly popular sub-genre of Renaissance drama?
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Correct answer: Revenge Tragedy
Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy (c. 1587) introduced the template for revenge tragedy: a ghost demanding vengeance, a protagonist feigning or descending into madness, a play-within-a-play, and a bloodbath finale. These conventions directly influenced Hamlet and many later works.
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