Reviews for The Play of Everyman

The average rating for The Play of Everyman based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-05-28 00:00:00 Yvonne Smith A well-known novelist shelters a hounded woman but his motives are not altogether altruistic. Others appear on the scene to make their own claims on the young woman. This play deals with identity and guilt/forgiveness. What makes an individual? What gives a person importance? How does one deal with the desire to be seen and heard, and understood? As for guilt and redemption, what is forgivable? The young woman in the piece is portrayed as a frail, nervous creature. Perhaps she was a creation of her time (the piece premiered in 1922 in it's original version). It's also probable that the author's relationship with his mentally fragile wife has coloured this portrait. But I personally can only take so much hand-wringing and "woe-is-me." She briefly seeks out fame and that tactic was interesting to me. Otherwise she was too much of a dishrag for my taste. There also seems to be some desire for absolution but how can this be granted when she so reluctantly confesses her full culpability in the central crime?

Review # 2 was written on 2012-05-07 00:00:00 Michael Pierce A 3 act play, the Italian title is To Clothe the Naked. A story of intrigue, lies, deception, truth and facts. Everyone has their own agenda. A story of life and death. And who to believe. All for a dress to die in.