National Theatre Live: Everyman

Plot Summary

Everyman is successful, popular and riding high when Death comes calling. He is forced to abandon the life he has built and embark on a last, frantic search to recruit a friend, anyone, to speak in his defence. But Death is close behind, and time is running out. One of the great primal, spiritual myths, Everyman asks whether it is only in death that we can understand our lives. A cornerstone of English drama since the 15th century, it now explodes onto the stage in a startling production with words by Carol Ann Duffy, Poet Laureate, and movement by Javier De Frutos.

Top Cast

Chiwetel Ejiofor Everyman

Stephen Aintree Ensemble

Philip Martin Brown Kindred (Father)

Paul Bullion Fellowship/Senses & Wits (Sound)

Adam Burton Goods / Fellowship/Senses & Wits (Passion)