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morality play

1. A drama in the 15th and 16th centuries using allegorical characters to portray the soul's struggle to achieve salvation.

2. Something viewed as exhibiting a struggle between good and evil and offering a moral lesson.

morality play

(Performing Arts / Theatre) a type of drama written between the 14th and 16th centuries concerned with the conflict between personified virtues and vices

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morality play - an allegorical play popular in the 15th and 16th centuries; characters personified virtues and vices

drama, dramatic play, play - a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage; "he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway"

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morality play

n → Moralität f

morality play n (Theatre) → moralità f inv

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morality play (redirected from Morality tale)

morality play
(redirected from Morality tale)