The first comedy of English literature is-

- Ralph Roister Doister, the first English comedy, is written by Nicholas Udall.
- Gorboduc, the first English tragedy, is written by Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville.
- Pamela or Virtue Rewarded, the first novel of English Literature, is written by Samuel Richardson.
Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman and Encyclopedia of Britannica.