"This is the English genius: the passion, the tragedy, the comedy of life mirrored in these seven great plays which illustrate the incomparable art of English theater. The miracle play of Abraham and Isaac is symbolic of medieval theatre; pristine in form, innocent and joyful in its praise of God. Man has lost a portion of his innocence, but still sees life as a struggle between good and evil, in Marlowe's great play Doctor Faustus. The morality play...