Project Gutenberg 2007-05-07 Public domain in the USA. 187 Udall, Nicholas 1505 1556 Arber, Edward 1836 1912 Ralph Roister Doister Roister Doister Written, probably also represented, before 1553. Carefully edited from the unique copy, now at Eton College Reading ease score: 90.7 (5th grade). Very easy to read. Produced by Louise Hope, Barbara Tozier and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Roister Doister" by Nicholas Udall is a comedic play written in the early 16th century. The work is considered one of the earliest English comedies, signaling a transition from medieval mystery plays to more modern forms of drama. The story revolves around the character Ralph Roister Doister, a boastful and foolish man who pursues marriage with the widow Christian Custance, despite her existing engagement to another suitor, Gawin Goodluck. At the start of "Roister Doister," we are introduced to various characters, including the protagonist Roister Doister and his witty friend Mathew Merygreeke, who provides comic relief and astute commentary on Roister's antics. Crafting a plan to woo Custance, Roister's bravado is underscored by his lack of true wit, and he often seems oblivious to the fact that his advances are not welcomed. The opening establishes the comedic tone of the play through lively dialogues and Roister's exaggerated self-perception, foreshadowing the humorous misadventures that await as he seeks to win the heart of Custance against the odds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English drama (Comedy) PR Text Browsing: History - Medieval/The Middle Ages Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 313521 313027 2024-10-09T10:00:57.083526 2023-09-09T11:35:00.805183 text/html text/html 314252 2008-08-01T20:47:12 text/html; charset=utf-8 243407 2008-08-01T20:50:02 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 317914 2024-10-09T10:01:09.794476 application/epub+zip 322312 2024-10-09T10:01:01.411535 application/epub+zip 146671 2024-10-09T10:00:59.522522 application/epub+zip 508768 2024-10-09T10:01:14.512928 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 606910 2024-10-09T10:01:08.394454 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 425792 2022-08-10T06:08:50.972914 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 184052 2024-10-09T10:00:55.150558 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 184112 2007-05-07T15:34:18 text/plain; charset=utf-8 67495 2007-05-07T15:38:40 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 184043 2007-05-07T15:35:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 67435 2007-05-07T15:38:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 21548 2024-10-09T10:01:14.674926 application/rdf+xml 9802 2024-10-09T10:01:00.176502 image/jpeg 2598 2024-10-09T10:00:59.869508 image/jpeg 311409 2024-10-09T10:00:57.154536 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia