Everyman | Essays and Criticism

  • Everyman and Modern Audiences

    Metzger is a Ph.D. specializing in literature and drama at the University of New Mexico. In this essay, she discusses how theme and character development can be employed to stage Everyman in a manner that appeals to modern audiences.

  • Time and Timeless in Everyman and Dr. Faustus

    In the following essay, Kaula, a specialist in Elizabethan literature, compares and contrasts Everyman and Christopher Marlowe's Dr. Faustus, examining how well the plays translate to modern theatre and readership.

  • 1901 Review of Everyman

    In this 1901 anonymous review, the critic offers a mixed appraisal of a production of Everyman by the Elizabethan Stage Society.