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Elckerlijic
Elckerlijic
Everybody is an adaptation of an adaptation. Everybody is based on Everyman, an English play (for more informaton that scroll down!). Everyman is based on Elckerlijic. Elckerlijic is a Dutch play believed to be written as a part of a contest in around 1496. Like Everybody, it explores a man's journey after death. He meets with characters such as Fellowship, Kinsman, Goods, Senses and Strength.
The Summoning of Everyman by Anoymous (~1502)
Everyman
Everyman
Everyman was written in England in the early 1500s (1509-1537), with the exact year and author unknown. It is an important play because it was one of the first medieval English plays to be revived in modern times, and it is considered one of the most influential examples of morality plays. Unlike the Dutch play, Elckerlijic, and its modern adaptation, Everybody, the religious implications expands beyond the Buddhism, and into the Catholic faith that would have been practiced in England at the time. This is also likely part of the reason there is not a lot known about Everyman. It was written and popular right before the English Reformation, and Henry VIII's split with the Roman Catholic Church. After the shift away from Catholicism, the play's popularity decreased.
Sources
Sources
Everyman and Its Dutch Original, Elckerlijc, edited by Clifford Davidson, Martin W. Walsh, and Ton J. Broos, Kalamazoo, Medieval Institute Publications, 2007.
King, Pamela M. "Morality plays." The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Theatre, Second Edition, Cambridge. Edited by Richard Beadle, and Alan J. Fletcher. Cambridge University Press, 2008. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/books/morality-plays/docview/2137996315/se-2.
Mills, David. “The Theaters of Everyman.” From Page to Performance: Essays in Early English Drama, edited by John A. Alford, Michigan State University Press, 1995, pp. 127–50. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.14321/j.ctt7zt7mq.11. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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