Everyman: Morality Play

Introduction

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Everyman is a stock character in drama, originally appearing in mediaeval morality plays.

Everyman may also refer to:

Literature

Drama

  • Everyman (15th-century play), a 15th-century English medieval play
    • Everyman (1901 play), a 1902 Broadway production based on the 15th-century medieval morality play
    • Everybody (play), a 2017 adaptation by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
    • Everyman (1964 film), an Australian television adaptation
  • Elckerlijc, a 1495 Dutch morality play attributed to Peter van Diest, a possible model for the English play
    • Elckerlyc (film), a 1975 loose adaptation of the play
  • Jedermann (play), a 1911 adaptation by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
    • Everyman (Sibelius), a 1916 incidental music by Jean Sibelius to the Hofmannsthal play
    • The Play of Everyman (1917), a George Sterling’s adaptation of Hofmannsthal’s version
    • Sechs Monologe aus Jedermann (Six monologues from Jedermann, 1943–44)), songs by Frank Martin
    • Jedermann (film), a 1961 film based on the Hofmannsthal play

Books and magazines

  • Everyman (novel), a 2006 novel by Philip Roth
  • Everyman's Library, a series of reprinted classic literature
  • Everyman (magazine), an English magazine published from 1929 to 1935

Comic books

  • Everyman (DC Comics), a shapeshifting member of Lex Luthor's Infinity Inc
  • Everyman (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics super villain (Larry Eckler)
  • Everyman (The Simpsons), a character created by Comic Book Guy
Companies and organizations

Cinemas and theaters

  • Everyman Cinemas, a chain of cinemas across London, Leeds, Surrey, and Hampshire.
  • Everyman Palace Theatre, a theatre in Cork, Ireland
  • Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, a theatre in Cheltenham, England
  • Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, a theatre in Liverpool, England
  • Everyman Theatre, Baltimore, a theater in Baltimore, Maryland

Others

  • Everyman Chess, a publisher of chess books
  • Everyman Films Limited, the production company of Patrick McGoohan and David Tomblin
  • Everyman's Welfare Service (also known as "Everyman's"), Australian parachurch organization
Other
  • Everyman (TV series), a BBC television documentary series concerned with moral and religious issues
  • "Every Man", a song by the Christian band Casting Crowns
  • Everyman Campaign, a charity set up to research and raise awareness testicular and prostate cancer
  • Everyman, a logo element of PBS, see PBS § Visual identity
See also
  • All pages with titles containing Everyman (disambiguation)
  • Everyman
  • Everywoman (disambiguation)
  • Average Joe
  • Common man (disambiguation)
  • Commoner (disambiguation)
  • John Doe (disambiguation)
  • John Q. Public
  • Straight man (disambiguation)
  • Zé Povinho, Portuguese everyman

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