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200 years on: reconsidering the Brontës

The Revenger’s Tragedy

A play of its genre

Malcolm Hebron considers how far The Revenger’s Tragedy lives up to its name

The skull becomes an instrument of revenge in The Revenger’s Tragedy

WJEC Eduqas: Paper 2 Drama: choice paired text

Few works of literature announce their genre so clearly as The Revenger’s Tragedy. While there has been discussion about the play’s authorship — it was first published anonymously in 1607 — there has been no dispute about the kind of play it is. It belongs to the genre of revenge tragedy.

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