Ralph Roister Doister
Americannoun
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It was, we may remember, the head-master of Eton who wrote Ralph Roister Doister.
From The Growth of English Drama by Wynne, Arnold
And he stoode by While Ralph Roister Doister with helpe of Merygreeke, For promise of mariage dyd vnto me seeke.
From Roister Doister Written, probably also represented, before 1553. Carefully edited from the unique copy, now at Eton College by Arber, Edward
It is a strange thing how plot-structure fell into abeyance in comedy after its long and strenuous evolution through the Interludes to Ralph Roister Doister and Gammer Gurton's Needle.
From The Growth of English Drama by Wynne, Arnold
The earliest of such attempts which we know is the comedy of Ralph Roister Doister, written by Nicholas Udall for Eton boys at some time between 1534 and 1541.
From An Introduction to Shakespeare by MacCracken, H. N.
Like Ralph Roister Doister, she should ha' been married o' Sunday.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 by Various
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