Luminarium
Luminarium: Middle English Plays
This site site has texts of several of anonymous medieval plays that are examples of the miracle and morality plays that reintroduced drama to the medieval world. Essays and articles that explain and analyze the plays are included.
University of Victoria (Canada)
University of Victoria: Morality Plays
This resource provides a brief history of the development of morality plays in medieval theatre.
University of Victoria (Canada)
University of Victoria: Moralities and Mysteries
This site from the University of Victoria, which is part of a much larger site on Shakespeare, describes morality plays. It also provides examples and links to complete texts of some medieval morality plays.
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Fu Jen University: Morality Plays
This page offers a clear but brief explanation of morality plays, using "Everyman" as an example.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Medieval Drama and Mystery Plays
The mystery plays and morality plays of the 15th and 16th centuries were very different from modern drama. This article takes us back in time to show how these plays portrayed scenes from the Bible, conveyed religious doctrine, and...
University of Michigan
Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse: Everyman
The full, Middle English text of the morality play Everyman edited by A.C. Cawley is provided.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Elizabethan Drama
This is a lesson on Elizabethan drama leading up the the reading of Shakespeare's Macbeth. It discusses the precursor mystery or morality plays including links to Everyman, the most famous of these. It continues with a discussion of how...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Everyman, 15th Century [Pdf]
This is a PDF of the morality play Everyman, written in the 15th century. It is about Death coming to get Everyman and hold him accountable for his life.
British Library
British Library: 20th Century: An Introduction to an Inspector Calls
Chris Power introduces "An Inspector Calls" as a morality play that denounces the hypocrisy and callousness of capitalism and argues that a just society can only be achieved if all individuals feel a sense of social responsibility.
University of Victoria (Canada)
University of Victoria: Morality to History
This resource provides a brief discussion of the morality plays as teaching tools, and political devices. Links are also provided for additional information on related subjects.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Development of English Drama
When presented with the problem of hoards of illiterate commoners, English clergymen in the 11th century created plays to spread word about the Bible. Eventually, the plays moved out of the church and into the streets. Mindy Ploeckelmann...
British Library
British Library: Teaching Resources: Measure for Measure: A Problem Play?
What is Measure for Measure's problem? The play confronts us with questions about sex, morality, and power, which challenge us as readers and audiences. In these activities, students will debate why the play is so problematic, through...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Everyman in Everyday Language
To gain understanding of allegory and appreciate the changing nature of language, students will read, discuss, and rewrite the medieval morality play Everyman into common teenage language.
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"Everyman" Synopsis and Quiz
This site, designed as a supplement to a college English Literature course, contains information on the following: the genre of the morality play, the characters in "Everyman," and a brief synopsis of the play. Click on Images from Hans...
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Miracle Players: "Everyman" [Text and Synopsis]
This site includes a brief synopsis of "Everyman," a series of photos from the Miracle Players' performance of the play, the full text of the play (though not glossed, fairly easy to understand), and a cast list which also includes an...
University of Victoria (Canada)
Internet Shakespeare Editions: "Measure for Measure"
Some summary and analysis of William Shakespeare's comedy "Measure For Measure." It discusses a variety of aspects of the play including sex and morality, crime and punishment, justice and mercy, influence of the Bible, and problem...
Luminarium
Luminarium: "Everyman" (After 1485)
This site provides a detailed overview of "Everyman," and includes the full text of the work, related essays and articles, and additional resources.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Storytelling in Ritual and Performance in Bali
Balinese stories are continually told and retold. The Kayonan is the first and last puppet seen in the Balinese wayang shadow theater. As it dances, it symbolizes the living tradition of storytelling that deeply explains and entertains,...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Arthur Miller Lesson Plans
What do you want to know about the life and work of Arthur Miller? This site features links to lesson plans and information for several of his plays.
University of Groningen
American History: Biographies: Henry Carey 1793 1879
Henry Carey was the eldest son of Mathew Carey, an Irish freedom fighter who was recruited to the intelligence networks established by Benjamin Franklin, and sent to Philadelphia to run what was then the largest printing operation in...
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Nature of the Four Elements
Short synopsis and critical commentary on "The Interlude of the Nature of the Four Elements," a Medieval play with elements of a comedy and a morality. Also briefly discusses Thomas Lupton's "All for Money."
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