FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DRFAUSTUS BY CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Nicholas Udall
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Thomas Colwell
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Lord Burghley
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none of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -He was tutored under the guidance of Thomas Cromwell, who mentions him in a letter to John Creke of 17 August 1523 as ‘Maister Woodall’ and he appears again in Cromwell’s accounts for 1535 as ‘Nicholas Woodall Master of Eton’.
Detailed explanation-2: -Through the medieval ages, the comic elements on the stage came to be shaped and nurtured in the forms like miracles, moralities and interludes. Ralph Roister Doister, which is acclaimed to be the first English comedy, was staged in 1553-54.
Detailed explanation-3: -The first Comedy written in English literature was ‘Ralph Roister Doister’ by Nicholas Udall. The first English tragedy composed was ‘Gorboduc’ written by Thomas Sackville and Thomas Nortan, and inspired by ‘Senca’, a Latin dramatist. Ralph Roister Doister is the first comedy on classical models.
Detailed explanation-4: -Auguste Lumière (1862-1954) & Louis Lumière (1864-1948) Auguste (left) and Louis (right) Lumière invented the cinematograph in 1895. Their film L’Arroseur Arrosé is widely considered as the first fiction film and first comedy film in cinema. It is the featured film for the first episode of Acting Funny.