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morality play: a standalone construct

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Theatre history

late medieval allegorical drama in which personified virtues and vices struggle over a human soul, as in Everyman.

In theatre history, morality play refers to late medieval allegorical drama in which personified virtues and vices struggle over a human soul, as in Everyman. This meaning comes from Potter (1975) in The English morality play.[1]

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  1. Potter, R. A. (1975). The English morality play. Routledge & K. Paul. ISBN 9781032553009

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