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Kyd

or Kid  (kĭd), Thomas 1558-1594.
English dramatist whose only surviving play, The Spanish Tragedy (c. 1584), appears to have significantly influenced Shakespeare's Hamlet.
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Kyd

(kɪd) or

Kid

n
(Biography) Thomas. 1558–94, English dramatist, noted for his revenge play The Spanish Tragedy (1586)
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Kyd

(kɪd)

n.
Thomas, 1558–94, English playwright.
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