nicholas udall

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Definition of nicholas udall in English English dictionary

born December 1505?, Southampton, Hampshire, Eng. died December 1556, Westminster English playwright, translator, and schoolmaster. The headmaster of Eton College from 1534 and of Westminster from 1555, Udall was well known as a translator. He is credited with writing many plays, of which only one is extant, Ralph Roister Doister (performed 1553), the first known English comedy. About a braggart soldier-hero who is finally shown to be an arrant coward, it marks the emergence of comedy from the medieval morality plays, interludes, and farces

Hyphenation

Nich·o·las U·dall

Turkish pronunciation

nîklıs yudıl

Pronunciation

/ˈnəkləs ˈyo͞odəl/ /ˈnɪkləs ˈjuːdəl/