Play: "Everyman: A Morality Play" Author: Unknown Period: Medieval One Act, in an area that suggests the entire world. Names and Brief description of Main Characters: A Messenger- Introduces the play. Everyman- A man(all men) summoned by Death and God to die. God (also Adonai)- Th...

In the medieval morality play Everyman, the underlying theme is "all thing faileth, Save God alone."(231, l. 841) This theme was meant to be a spiritual lesson to teach people a better way to live their lives. At the time the play was written, it applied very strongly, as clinging to oth...