| The Spanish Tragedie by Thomas Kyd is recognized as the first of the Elizabethan revenge tragedies. It's plot features a ghost, a mad prince, a play within a play and of course lots of deaths and is said to be the primary source and influence on Shakespeare which led to the writing of Hamlet. The Spanish Tragedie By Thomas Kyd Director: Rich Ferraioli Producing Artistic Director Richard Mazda Set Designer: Kristen LaSala Costume Mistress: Sabrina Khan Lighting Designer: Matthew Rubin Scenic Painter: Stephanie Stover Vocal Coach Ali Silva Stage Manager Ryan Schmitz Assistant Director Greg Yeager Tickets $15 Reservations/Info 347 724 4056 Credit cards thru Theatermania.com Thomas Kyd’s influential play is once again given new life by The Queens Players under the direction of Rich Ferraioli. The play will premiere at The Queens Players’ home base, The Jackson Ave Theatre (12-19 Jackson Ave, LIC 11101), for the first week of performances and then move to Manhattan for the final two weeks at The Bridge Theatre, Shetler Studios (244 W54th St, 10019). February 2007 8,9,10,11 @ 8pm The Jackson Ave Theatre, 12-19 Jackson Ave, LIC 11101 Performances @ 8:00pm Matineé on 11th @ 1pm Feb 2007 15, 16, 17, 18, then 22, 23, 24, 25 @ 8pm The Bridge Theater [Shetler Studios] 244 W. 54 St, Manhattan 10019 Also Matineé performances on 17,18,24 & 25 @ 1pm The Spanish Tragedie is an Elizabethan play written by Thomas Kyd in or around 1588. This play and Kyd’s lost “Ur Hamlet” play are said to be Shakespeare’s primary influences for his own Hamlet. Many elements of The Spanish Tragedie, such as the play within a play used to trap a murderer, a ghost intent on vengeance, and a hero driven to madness, appear in Shakespeare's revenge play. Highly popular and influential in its time, The Spanish Tragedie established a new genre in English drama, the revenge play. Its plot contains several violent murders and includes as one of its characters a personification of Revenge. The Spanish Tragedie was often referenced in works written by other Elizabethan playwrights including William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, and Christopher Marlowe. "Vengeance is mine, sayeth the Lord. The Heavens will be revenged of every ill, Nor will they suffer murder unrepaid! For evils to evils conductors be, And death's the worst resolution." Cast List: Miles Warner Ghost of Andrea Katie Braden Spirit of Revenge Cameron Hughes King of Spain Kacie Leblong Duke of Castile Malcolm Madera Lorenzo Rachel Riendeau Bel-Imperia Kirk Gostkowski Hieronimo Melissa Smith Isabella Ryan Metzger Horatio Richard Madden Balthazar Stephanie Stover Page Dana DiAngelo Pedrigano/Don Pedro Ryan Neal Ensemble Tana Leigh Pierce Ensemble Ross Pivec Viceroy/General |