The Spanish Tragedy Resources

This is a great one-stop place to get information on the life of Thomas Kyd, insight into his other works, and links to scholarly articles. Oh yeah, there's also a discussion forum. What more could you ask for?

Need to know more about Thomas Kyd? You know, more about the time he spent in Jail. And how he snitched on Christopher Marlowe to get out? This site will do you right.

Kyd was apparently tortured while he was in jail. If you want to know exactly what he said about Christopher Marlowe under pain of torture, check this site out.

Can you believe that nobody has ever made a feature film based on The Spanish Tragedy? It's a sad truth, but here's an amateur trailer for a movie to come. But apparently the movie never came. Is it still a trailer if nothing trails it?

We've already given you a ton to read and think about. But maybe you're in the mood for some face time learning. If so, check out this cool mini-lecture on The Spanish Tragedy. Your lecturer even has experience directing the play. Great insight.

Despite the old play's obvious awesomeness, The Spanish Tragedy hardly ever gets performed. As such, there's scant video of the play in performance. It's worth checking out these professional actors in the early stages of rehearsal just so you can hear Kyd's emotive language coming to life.

It may be hard to see the play today, but listening to a fun dramatic interpretation of The Spanish Tragedy is just a click away. Read along with it. Or turn down the lights and get a bit spooked out.

This woodcut from the title page of the first printed edition of The Spanish Tragedy nicely represents the drama of Horatio's murder scene. You can even see Horatio's hanged body—talk about cutting to the chase on the cover of the book.

Well, you can't take the page. But, you can look at it. Or even print it out. Notice how the 1615 title page gives away the ending of the play. Suspense much?