"The Castle of Perseverance" is an early 15th-century morality play, notable for its length and circular staging. It dramatizes the struggle for the human soul between good and evil, concluding with divine judgment and heavenly admission.
The Castle of Perseverance is a morality play from 1405-25, comprising 3500 rhyming stanzas. Performed in the round, it depicts the battle for humankind's soul between good and evil forces, demonstrating the transience of wealth and culminating in the soul's admission to heaven.
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| Back | a morality play 1405-25 3500 of rhyming stanzas the castle was performed in the round, with the castle in the center and various scaffolds on the circumstances the play describes the competition between the forces of good and evil for the soul of humankind death proves the transitoriness of worldly wealth defended at the throne of God by mercy and justice , human genus is admitted to heaven and the play ends with a Te Teum The Castle of Perseverance is a c. 15th century morality play and the earliest known full-length (3,649 lines) vernacular play in existence. Along with Mankind and Wisdom, The Castle of Perseverance is preserved in the Macro Manuscript (named after its owner Cox Macro) that is now housed in the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. The Castle of Perseverance contains nearly all of the themes found in other morality plays, but it is especially important (and unusual) because a stage drawing is included, which may suggest theatre in the round. |
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