“Since I went no grasse hath growne on my hele.”
Tom Trupenie, Act IV, sc. v.
Ralph Roister Doister (c. 1553)
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Ralph Roister Doister
Ralph Roister Doister is a sixteenth-century play by Nicholas Udall, which was once regarded as the first comedy to be written in the English language.The date of its composition is disputed, but the balance of opinion suggests that it was written in about 1552, when Udall was a schoolmaster in London, and some theorize the play was intended for public performance by his pupils—who were all male, as were most actors in that period. The work was not published until 1567, eleven years after its author's death.
“Gay love, God save it, so soone hotte, so soone colde.”
Christian Custance, Act IV, sc. viii.
Ralph Roister Doister (c. 1553)
“Wowers never speede well, that have a false harte.”
Mathew Merygreeke, Act I, sc. ii.
Ralph Roister Doister (c. 1553)
“I am sorie God made me so comely.”
Ralph Roister Doister, Act I, sc. ii.
Ralph Roister Doister (c. 1553)
“Yea, Custance, better (they say) a bad excuse than none.”
Gawin Goodluck, Act V, sc. ii.
Ralph Roister Doister (c. 1553)
