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1558–1594 · English dramatist
Also known as: Томас Кид, توماس كيد, 토머스 키드, トマス・キッド, 托马斯·基德
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- Hamlet and The Ur-Hamlet
- The Spanish tragedy (1594)
- King Leir (2002)
- Arden of Feversham (1897)
- The works of Thomas Kyd (1901)