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The Somonyng of Everyman (The Summoning of Everyman), usually referred to simply as Everyman, is a late 15th-century morality play by an anonymous English author, printed circa 1530. It is possibly a translation of the Dutch play Elckerlijc (Everyman).
2 sie 2020 · Everyman is the best-known example of the morality play, the late-developing medieval dramatic genre that is the essential bridge between religious and secular drama.
14 sty 2020 · Jakie jest ostateczne przesłanie słynnej średniowiecznej sztuki znanej jako „Everyman”? Studiowanie sztuki ujawnia tematy, które rezonują przez wieki.
Everyman (z ang. każdy człowiek) – określenie bohatera średniowiecznych moralitetów, na którego miejscu mógł się postawić każdy widz – był to bohater o uniwersalnych cechach. Stawiany był wobec upersonifikowanych alegorii dobra i zła, które walczyły o jego duszę.
Everyman, an English morality play of the 15th century, probably a version of a Dutch play, Elckerlyc. It achieves a beautiful, simple solemnity in treating allegorically the theme of death and the fate of the human soul—of Everyman’s soul as he tries to justify his time on earth.
Death eagerly sets out to fulfill God’s orders, searching the globe for “every man… that liveth beastly / Out of God’s laws.” Everyman, who is preoccupied with lust and greed, does not expect Death’s arrival.
14 sty 2020 · Written in England during the 1400s, "The Summoning of Everyman" (commonly known as "Everyman") is a Christian morality play. No one knows who wrote the play. Historians note that monks and priests often wrote these types of dramas.
