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Morality play   /mərˈæləti pleɪ/   Listen
Morality play

noun
1.
An allegorical play popular in the 15th and 16th centuries; characters personified virtues and vices.





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"Morality play" Quotes from Famous Books



... were the outcome of the Mysteries; they were either allegorical or else taken from the Parables, or from the historical events in the Bible. The chief Moralities were Everyman, Lusty Juventus, Good Counsel, and Repentance. The oldest English Morality play now extant is The Castle of Perseverance, written about 1450. It is a dramatic allegory of human life representing the many conflicting influences that surround man on his way through the world. Lusty Juventus depicts in a vivid and humorous ...
— The Interdependence of Literature • Georgina Pell Curtis


Words linked to "Morality play" :   dramatic play, play, drama


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