Talk:Revenge play

Get Carter?
Well, of course Get Carter involves revenge, but what other debt does it owe to the form or any specific conventions of revenge plays? I can't think of anything. Can someone explain? or cite a source that would normally be considered reliable that says this particular film was actually so influenced? If not, I think this should be removed. ~- Jmabel | Talk 10:03, 17 December 2006 (UTC)


 * All five Senecan points listed in the article are strikingly present, except possibly the ghostly appearance of the first victim, although he does appear as a laid-out body to his brother, the avenger. Plus the theme of the corruption of the polis, needing expurgation by violence. Anyway if anyone removes the reference, Jack Carter'll come round and get them. Straw Cat

Not coorect?
The Wiki-link to Marcus Thompson seem to be going to wrong person. --FinnWiki (talk) 19:11, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Better Evidence Needed
I think this is a good start to this page, but there are more credible and critical sources that can be used to discuss revenge tragedy than the ones currently cited here. Farrar80 (talk) 14:24, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

The article is good, but it isn't well explanatory. We can do better. Yousuphen (talk) 03:56, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

Citations Added
I added some information and a citation under the section on history and development. I also added a small bit to the opening definition of a revenge play. Farrar80 (talk) 16:24, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

Wharfinger's "The Courier's Tragedy"
I appreciate this little easter egg, but "Richard Wharfinger's Courier's Tragedy", mentioned in this article, is a fictional play from Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49. The book cited, "Burnham, James. “Middleton, Wharfinger, and Marston.” Critical Studies of Jacobean Drama. Ed. Michael Barrett. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press. 1989. Print.", does not exist. I've deleted this sentence and reference, but maybe someone can add a more accurate mention of Pynchon to the article.

Nicely done! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.167.171.110 (talk) 21:29, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Rethinking Revenge
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