No-one cares what I think of this little classic, but there’s one edition per person who want to read it, so…

The 1981 reprint of Cawley’s MUP edition. A cheaply made little paperback that designed to last one term before sitting in your parents’ attic for twenty years. It preserves the original spelling and Cawley clearly tracks any changes that he’s made. Really good introduction and particularly full notes that answer some of the knottier questions but also have enough to help beginners. I think some of the earlier printings might have been better made (?) but reprints from 1977 onwards have corrections and an updated bibliography. ( )

An interesting morality play about how to live your life. ( )

I remember reading this in high school and some Protestant kids got upset because of the message of the importance of good deeds in the afterlife. Read it in the context of the time it was written. ( )

A successful portray of the day judgement with some defects like the incorporation of God in the play as a major character and some old and decayed thoughts.
I read it for college and give it four stars this means I can have a good mark , right ?
I'll keep my fingers crossed :D ( )

I actually read an online version of this text provided by my teacher as part of my Introduction to Drama course, so this is not the same version I'm writing about, but is the same work. Personally, I found this play to be quite a bit more simple and straightforward than most, while having language that could be very difficult to fully follow at times. It is a great allegorical work, and a good example of a morality play, but I don't think I'll ever count it among my favorite dramatic works. Still, there is quite a serious lesson there to ponder, and anyone interested in seriously studying drama will likely consider this to be an important era of development in the history of the form. Overall, I am kind of glad we had to read it, because even if I don't love it, I definitely think it's interesting. ( )