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Morality play   /mərˈæləti pleɪ/   Listen
Morality play

noun
1.
An allegorical play popular in the 15th and 16th centuries; characters personified virtues and vices.





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"Morality play" Quotes from Famous Books



... than on the rostrum. Where it falls short of reality is in the dialogue of the aldermen. No politicians, even when egged by their envious womankind, would ever give themselves away as do these of "A Tale of a Town." They are as frankly self-revelatory as if they were characters in a morality play. ...
— Irish Plays and Playwrights • Cornelius Weygandt


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