English dramatist. He was the author of a bloody revenge tragedy, The Spanish Tragedy (printed about 1590), which anticipated elements present in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
His Pompey the Great (1594) was translated from the French of Robert Garnier. He probably wrote Solyman and Perseda (1592), and perhaps had a part in Arden of Feversham (1592), the first of many domestic tragedies.
Yellow represents the golden land of South America. Blue stands for the ocean separating the country from Spain. Red symbolizes the blood and courage of the people resisting the tyrants. Effective date: 26 November 1861.