English or Latin. Early plays were written in both.
The early plays preformed in England consisted of Mystery plays, based on stories from the Bible; Miracle plays, based on biographies of the saints; and Morality plays, which taught moral lessons to the audience.
Early English drama was usually in the form of poetry and theater with people who expressed stories, emotions and events through these forms. One of these such people was Shakespeare.
Ernest Reynolds has written: 'Early Victorian drama, 1830-1870' -- subject(s): English drama, History and criticism
Elizabeth Williamson has written: 'The materiality of religion in early modern English drama'
one at an early drama
James A. Reynolds has written: 'The Catholic emancipation crisis in Ireland, 1823-1829' -- subject(s): Catholic emancipation, Catholics, Catholics in Ireland, History 'Repentance and retribution in early English drama' -- subject(s): English Moralities, English drama, History and criticism, Repentance in literature, Retribution in literature
Theodore B. Leinwand has written: 'The city staged' -- subject(s): City and town life in literature, English drama, English drama (Comedy), History, History and criticism, Theater and society 'Theatre, finance, and society in early modern England' -- subject(s): Economics in literature, English drama, Finance, Finance in literature, History, History and criticism, Literature and society, Sources
Rainer Pineas has written: 'Thomas More and Tudor polemics' -- subject(s): Apologetics, History 'William Shakespeare's As you like it' 'Tudor and early Stuart anti-catholic drama' -- subject(s): Catholic Church, Catholics in literature, Christianity and literature, English Religious drama, English drama, History, History and criticism, In literature, Relations with Catholics
Frederick S. Boas has written: 'Charlotte Carmichael Stopes' 'An introduction to eighteenth-century drama, 1700-1780' -- subject- s -: English drama, History and criticism 'Five pre-Shakespearean comedies, early Tudor period' -- subject- s -: English drama, English drama - Comedy - 'Thomas Heywood' -- subject- s -: Biography, Criticism and interpretation, Dramatists, English, English Dramatists 'Songs of Ulster & Balliol' -- subject- s -: Balliol College - University of Oxford -, Poetry, World War, 1914-1918 'Shakspere and his predecessors' -- subject- s -: Accessible book, Biography, Criticism and interpretation, English drama, English literature, History and criticism, Knowledge, Literature 'Aspects of classical legend and history in Shakespeare' -- subject- s -: Knowledge, Mythology, Knowledge and learning, English literature, Classical influences, Classicism, History, Literature, Mythology, Classical, in literature, Appreciation, Civilization, Classical, in literature, Classical literature 'Oxford books on drama' 'Songs and lyrics from the English playbooks' 'Five pre-Shakespearean comedies edited with an introduction by Frederick S. Boas' -- subject- s -: English drama 'Shakspere and his predecessors' -- subject- s -: English drama, History and criticism 'Five pre-Shakespearean comedies edited with an introduction' -- subject- s -: English drama 'An introduction to the reading of Shakespeare' -- subject- s -: Criticism and interpretation, Study, Study and teaching 'An introduction to the reading of Shakspere' -- subject- s -: Study and teaching 'An introduction to Stuart drama' -- subject- s -: English drama, History and criticism 'Songs and lyrics from the English masques and light operas' -- subject- s -: English Songs, English poetry, Songs, English, Texts 'Shakespeare and the universities' -- subject- s -: Censorship, English drama, History and criticism, Stage history, Theater 'An introduction to Tudor drama' -- subject- s -: Civilization, English drama, History, History and criticism 'Queen Elizabeth, the Revels office and Edmund Tilney' -- subject- s -: Great Britain, Great Britain. Office of the Revels
Christopher Fry has written: 'One Thing More' 'A Sprinkle of Nutmeg' 'The world and us' 'Selected plays' -- subject(s): English Verse drama, Verse drama, English 'The firstborn, a play in three acts' -- subject(s): Drama 'A sleep of prisoners' 'The lady's not for burning' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Drama, English drama, Scripts, Teatro estadounidense 'Plays' 'Plays one' 'A yard of sun' 'The early days' -- subject(s): Biography, Dramatists, English, English Dramatists, Playwriting 'A phoenix too frequent, a comedy' 'Ion-Selective Electrodes for Biological Systems' 'Root & sky' 'Three plays: The firstborn, Thor, with angels [and] A sleep of prisoners' 'Lady's Not for Burning, a Phoenix Too Frequent and an Essay an Experience of a Critic' 'An experience of critics' -- subject(s): Criticism, Drama, History and criticism 'The boy with a cart, Cuthman, Saint of Sussex' -- subject(s): Drama
Yes
Nobody knows for sure which of Shakespeare's early plays was the first, nevermind when it was first performed.