Graham Greene recovering the religious element, the awareness of the drama of the struggle in the soul that carries the permanent consequence of salvation or damnation, and of the ultimate metaphysical realities of good and evil, sin and divine grace, could the novel recover its dramatic power. Suffering and unhappiness are omnipresent in the world Greene depicts; and Catholicism is presented against a background of unvarying human evil, sin, and doubt. V. S. Pritchett praised Greene as the first English novelist since Henry James to present, and grapple with, the reality of evil. Greene concentrated on portraying the characters' internal lives –
Robert Greene (dramatist) Elton, its story commencing in 1592 (the year the quotation was written) and featuring Greene as a character (played by Mark Heap). In the Ben Elton-written sitcom, "Upstart Crow", he is portrayed by Mark Heap as being alive following the publication of "Groats-Worth" and a constant obstacle to Shakespeare's success. His most famous song "Weep not my wanton" is a recurring motif in the historical novel "The Grove of Eagles" by Winston Graham. Robert Greene (dramatist) Robert Greene (1558–1592) was an English author popular in his day, and now best known for a posthumous pamphlet attributed to him, "Greene's Groats-Worth