Ralph Roister Doister
Americannoun
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Others make claim for the comedy, "Ralph Roister Doister."
From A History of Pantomime by Broadbent, R. J.
And what a brainsick fool Ralph Roister Doister is Yourself knows well enough.
From The Growth of English Drama by Wynne, Arnold
Tears almost steal into our eyes as we read the titles: the Hamlet of 1603, the Taming of the Shrew, 1594, Ralph Roister Doister.
From The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Hazlitt, William Carew
Ralph Roister Doister, though a fanciful estimate may see a little cruelty of another kind in it, is of no austere or pedagogic character.
From A History of Elizabethan Literature by Saintsbury, George
It is interesting to compare him with Ralph Roister Doister.
From The Growth of English Drama by Wynne, Arnold
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