The Birth of English Drama: Mystery and Morality

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If, as it's often said, William Shakespeare is the greatest writer in the English -- perhaps, indeed, in any -- language, then where did his most famous genre come from?  Today, we look at the very earliest English plays, the birth of English theatre.  We will consider "The Second Shepherd's Play," "The York Crucifixion," and "Everyman."

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