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Everyman's University
''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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everyman
The everyman is a stock character of fiction. An ordinary and humble character, the everyman is generally a protagonist whose benign conduct fosters the audience's identification with them. Origin and history The term ''everyman'' was used as early as an English morality play from the early 16th century: ''The Summoning of'' ''Everyman''. The play's protagonist is an allegorical character representing an ordinary human who knows he is soon to die; according to literature scholar Harry Keyishian he is portrayed as "prosperous, gregarious, ndattractive". Harry Keyishian"Review of Douglas Morse, dir.,''The Summoning of Everyman'' (Grandfather Films, 2007)" ''Shakespeare Bulletin'' ( Johns Hopkins U P), 2008 Fall;26(3):45–48. Everyman is the only human character of the play; the others are embodied ideas such as Fellowship, who "symbolizes the transience and limitations of human friendship". The use of the term ''everyman'' to refer generically to a portrayal of an ordin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
