Four Morality Plays: The Castle of Perseverance / Magnyfycence / King Johan /Ane Satire of the Thie Estaitis

by John Skelton, Johan Bale, David Lindsay

720 pages, Paperback

First published November 3, 1987

About the author

John Skelton, aka John Shelton, (c. 1463-1529) was an English poet and tutor to King Henry VIII.

Reviews

[Stephen Simpson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Historically important, and I like that this collection kept the original Middle English (with some footnotes for more challenging words). Still, the actual plays themselves are pretty tedious and uninteresting unless you're a fan of overtly religious hectoring (which, to be fair, is exactly the point of these plays ... so, job done!)

[Diwan Mal]

castle of perseverance is a shitty play (not good) skelton wrote it and said nah bro let this be anonymous haha
it's something ud love to read w old frens on vacation etc
wen I was in 7th grade i liked my English textbook so much i used to beg my seme to orate him while he watches me after fajr but that never happen etc