Tags: Genre, Music Genre, Topical Concept.
The morality play is a genre of Medieval and early Tudor theatrical entertainment. In their own time these plays were known as interludes a broader term given to dramas with or without a moral. Morality plays are a type of allegory in which the protagonist is met by personifications of various moral attributes who try to prompt him to choose a Godly life over one of evil. The plays were most popular in Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries.
