The Courier's Tragedy
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The Courier's Tragedy is a fictional play created by Thomas Pynchon as a part of his novel, The Crying of Lot 49. In the book it is attributed to Richard Wharfinger, and plays an important role as a turning point for the novel's plot.
In many aspects it resembles a typical revenge play, such as The Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kyd, Hamlet by William Shakespeare and plays by John Webster, as it is a play inside a novel, presents sophisticated forms of murder and takes place on the court.
