Curated OER
Spanish Tragedy Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, learners respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Thomas Kyd's Spanish Tragedy. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Vii. Marlowe and Kyd 1. The Forerunners of Shakespeare
Marlowe and Kyd are compared with each other through some of their works. Both poets were before Shakespeare.
Other
Legends: Shakespeare's Stories/hamlet
Shakespeare's Hamlet had several sources, including a contemporary English playwright, Thomas Kyd and his The Spanish Tragedie (1590). Other Hamlet resources and links follow.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: 8. Association With Shakespeare. Vii. Marlowe and Kyd. V
Marlowe and Kyd's association with Shakespeare.
Shakespeare Resource Center
Shakespeare Resource Center:shakespeare's Peers:english Renaissance Playwrights
Information about ten playwrights who were contemporaries of Shakespeare includes some details about their lives in addition to descriptions of their major existing works.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Elizabethan Theatre [Ppt]
A short slideshow prepared by two British students looking at why theater developed so much during Queen Elizabeth I's reign. Provides information about playwrights who were prominent during this time period.