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Everyman Theatre, in the Medieval Era, played a very important role. Though there were only certain kinds including miracle plays, morality plays, and mystery plays. This was because the Catholic Church was in power and had to approve and anything besides Bible stories or teachings of the church were forbidden. Morality plays in general were not stories from the Bible, but tales of man's life on earth and the preparation for the next life. The most famous morality play was Everyman. God himself summons Death and tells him to tell Everyman to begin his last pilgrimage wher