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Nicholas Udall

1505–1556

Nationality
Kingdom of England
Occupation
playwright

Nicholas Udall (or Uvedale Udal, Woodall, or other variations) (1504 – 23 December 1556) was an English playwright, cleric, schoolmaster, the author of Ralph Roister Doister, generally regarded as the first comedy written in the English language.

Incarceration history

Facilities

  1. Marshalsea
    Dates unknown
  2. Marshalsea
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Biography

Nicholas Udall (or Uvedale Udal, Woodall, or other variations) (1504 – 23 December 1556) was an English playwright, cleric, schoolmaster, the author of Ralph Roister Doister, generally regarded as the first comedy written in the English language.

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