What is considered the first play written in the English language?

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What is considered the first play written in the English language?

Question #136162. Asked by crossesq.
Last updated Jun 12 2014.
Originally posted Jun 12 2014 10:11 AM.

Walneto

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Walneto

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Ummm.... the Towneley Cycle by The Wakefield Master.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_plays

Ralph Roister Doister

Nicholas Udall, (born December 1505?, Southampton, Hampshire, Eng.-died December 1556, Westminster), English playwright, translator, and schoolmaster who wrote the first known English comedy, Ralph Roister Doister.

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/612424/Nicholas-Udall#ref223210

Jun 12 2014, 11:56 AM

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TimBentley
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Possibly the York Mystery Plays from the mid-14th century.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York_Mystery_Plays

Jun 12 2014, 9:34 PM