For 10 points, name this revenge tragedy by Thomas Kyd.
The protagonist of this play delivers a soliloquy in which he says life is but a "lively form of death" and the world is but a "mass of public wrongs." The protagonist also says "Thou art the lively image of my grief" to an old man who seeks justice for his murdered son. A lover in this play says "Give me a kiss, I'll countercheck thy kiss," as part of an extended metaphor comparing love to war. In this play, a messenger-boy disobeys his orders by looking in a box and discovering that it is empty, instead of carrying a pardon for Pedrignano. This play's frame story features the ghost of Andrea, who was killed in a battle with the Portuguese, and desires to know what his lover Bellimperia did after his death. In this play's final act, Lorenzo and Balthazar play Erasto and Soliman in a play staged by Hieronimo as part of a plot to avenge the death of his son Horatio. For 10 points, name this revenge tragedy by Thomas Kyd.
The protagonist of this play delivers a soliloquy in which he says life is but a "lively form of death" and the world is but a "mass of public wrongs.
The Spanish Tragedy