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1. This dramatist wrote "The Spanish Tragedy" (1582-92) and attended the Merchant Taylors' School at the same time as Edmund Spenser and Thomas Lodge. He may have written the lost "Ur-Hamlet". [He did not kid around.]
2. This dramatist, born in 1564 (the same year as Shakespeare), was reputed to be a spy for the government and was stabbed to death in a tavern by Ingram Frizer in 1593. Among his works was "Edward II", a major drama echoed in Shakespeare's "Richard II". Which of these men was it?
3. This dramatist and poet may be more famous for his verse translations of Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey" than for his plays. [John Keats would agree.]
4. "The Knight of the Burning Pestle", by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, is a parody of which two plays? [Forget King Arthur.]
5. Robert Greene (c.1558-1592) is generally credited with writing both the pamphlet "A Groatsworth of Wit" that is critical of Shakespeare, and the dramatic comedy "Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay".
6. Shakespeare acted in some plays written by this dramatist/poet, who wrote about Shakespeare both that he was the "Soul of the age," and that "The players have often mentioned it as an honor to Shakespeare that in his writing...he never blotted a line. My answer hath been, 'Would he had blotted a thousand'."
7. Who wrote "The White Devil" and "The Devil's Law Case"? [The spider knows.]
8. This prolific playwright was one of the top dramatists of the English Renaissance. One of his best known original works is "A Chaste Maid in Cheapside" (c.1613). He is usually named as the writer who assisted with or added to Shakespeare's "All's Well That Ends Well," "Macbeth," and "Measure for Measure." [Think "Malcolm in the ...".]
9. Thomas Middleton has recently been generally acknowledged as the sole author of "The Revenger's Tragedy" (c.1606). Which dramatist was originally thought to have written that play? [Turn around!]
10. This author of "The Wild Goose Chase" is acknowledged as an equal collaborator with Shakespeare on "The Two Noble Kinsmen". [Think "arrow maker."]
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