Everyman

Everyman

Author: Anonymous

Publisher:

Published: 2021-11-27

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 9781420978001

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Written in Middle English during the Tudor period, "Everyman" is the most famous example of the medieval morality play. Popular in Europe during the 15th and 16th century, morality plays were allegorical dramas in which the protagonists are met with the personifications of personal attributes and tasked with choosing either a good and godly life or evil. "Everyman" is the archetypal morality play, as the main character, Everyman, represents all of mankind. God, frustrated with the wicked and greedy, sends Death to Everyman and summons him to account for his misdeeds and sins. It was believed that God tallied all of one's good and evil deeds in life and then one must provide an accounting before God upon one's death. During Everyman's pilgrimage to God, he meets many characters, such as Fellowship, Good Deeds, and Knowledge. Everyman asks them all to join him in his journey so that he may improve his reckoning before God. In the end, it is only Good Deeds that stays with him before God and helps Everyman find salvation and eternal life. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.


Everyman and Medieval Miracle Plays

Everyman and Medieval Miracle Plays

Author: A C Cawley

Publisher: Everyman Paperbacks

Published: 2022-04-12

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9780804855402

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God's creations of man in a lyrical dramatization; Noah's cantankerous and hilariously funny wife refusing to leave without her friends; the Massacre of the Innocents Miracle Plays were a popular form of entertainment throughout the Middle Ages, and part of the poetic and dramatic tradition on which Shakespeare drew. Everyman discovers what you can't take with you when you go. He beseeches in turn friends, family (one pleads 'cramp in my toe'), possessions ('I follow no man in such voyages'), and finally falls back on moral and religious values. This is the most comprehensive paperback edition available and includes an introduction and extensive notes.


Three Late Medieval Morality Plays

Three Late Medieval Morality Plays

Author: Godfrey Allen Lester

Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 157

ISBN-13: 9780393900545

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'New Mermaids' are modernized and fully annotated versions of classic English plays. Each volume includes the playtext in modern English spelling, textual notes and a full introduction.


Morality Play

Morality Play

Author: Barry Unsworth

Publisher: Anchor

Published: 2017-08-29

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 0525434097

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A New York Times Notable Book In medieval England, a runaway scholar-priest named Nicholas Barber has joined a traveling theater troupe as they make their way toward their liege lord’s castle. In need of money, they decide to perform at a village en route. When their traditional morality plays fail to garner them an audience, they begin to stage the “the play of Thomas Wells”—their own depiction of the real-life drama unfolding within the village around the murder of a young boy. The villagers believe they have already identified the killer, and the troupe believes their play will be a straightforward depiction of justice served. But soon the players soon learn that the details of the crime are elusive, and the lines between performance and reality become blurred as they discover, scene by scene, line by line, what really happened. Thought-provoking and unforgettable, Morality Play is at once a masterful work of historical fiction, a gripping murder mystery, and a literary work of the first order.


Everyman

Everyman

Author: Philip Roth

Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 0307280365

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Het leven van een man komt steeds meer te staan in het teken van zijn ouderdomskwalen.


York Mystery Plays

York Mystery Plays

Author: Richard Beadle

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 1999-06-17

Total Pages: 569

ISBN-13: 0191611239

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This volume offers 22 of the central pageants which make up York's famous Corpus Christi cycle. The York cycle is the oldest and best-known of the English mystery cycles, and its depth and scope are reflected in the selection printed here. The shape of the cycle was governed by subject matter of enduring spiritual significance, both to its contemporary audience and in later literary and artistic tradition, and the selection reflects these concerns. Included are plays on the Creation, the Fall of Man, the Incarnation, Passion, and Resurrection of Christ, and the Last Judgement. The Passion sequence has been expanded by six of the eight plays generally attributed to the great poetic dramatist known as the York Realist: the authentic text of these plays is not otherwise available in paperback. As well as providing detailed annotation, this edition offers an introduction which examines the history of the cycle and discusses the immensely popular modern productions in York and elsewhere. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.


Everyman In Plain and Simple English

Everyman In Plain and Simple English

Author: Anonymous

Publisher: BookCaps Study Guides

Published: 2014-12-15

Total Pages: 159

ISBN-13: 1629174173

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When it comes to Christian morality tales, most people think of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. Before Pilgrim's Progress, there was The Summoning of Everyman (more commonly known as Everyman); much like Bunyan's classic work, Everyman uses allegorical characters to examine the question of salvation and how man can receive it. The text is present with both the original translation and a modern translation. Please note, this story is also included in the collection “Everyman and Other Old Religious Plays In Plain and Simple English.”


Everybody

Everybody

Author: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Published: 2018-06-18

Total Pages: 59

ISBN-13: 0822237229

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This modern riff on the fifteenth-century morality play Everyman follows Everybody (chosen from amongst the cast by lottery at each performance) as they journey through life’s greatest mystery—the meaning of living.