school drama

school drama

      any play performed by students in schools and colleges throughout Europe during the Renaissance. At first these plays were written by scholars in Latin as educational works, especially in Jesuit schools, but they later were viewed as entertainment as well. The works included translations and imitations of such Latin authors as Terence and Plautus, as well as original plays written in the vernacular. The first known English comedy, Ralph Roister Doister (c. 1553), was a school drama written by Nicholas Udall (Udall, Nicholas), a playwright and schoolmaster, for performance at Westminster School.

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