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Nicholas Udall 1505-56, English dramatist, educated at Oxford. He was headmaster of Eton (1534-41) and of Westminster School (from 1554). His one extant play, Ralph Roister Doister (c.1545), is regarded as the first complete English comedy. The influence of Plautus and Terence is evident, but the play is distinguished by its elements of native English humor.

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Udall, Nicholas or Nicholas Uvedale, (1504–56), dramatist and scholar, successively headmaster of Eton and Westminster. He was author of Ralph Roister Doister, the earliest known English comedy. He translated selections from Terence and other works, and wrote Latin plays on sacred subjects.

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