Good Deeds could be played by a child, to indicate the childlike simplicity of the fundamental virtues that support the community.

I would very much like to play up the humor of the piece. Although the play can be interpreted as a serious moral tract, the funny way in which Kindred, Beauty, and other false virtues skillfully wriggle away from the possibility of entering the afterlife with Everyman -- one of them pretends to have a 'cramp in the toe' and is thus be unable to accompany Everyman into the afterlife. Beauty could be a simpering trophy wife, Strength a personal trainer, and Fellowship a fun, attractively dressed guy holding a can of beer. Everyman could try 'texting' his Cousin and Fellowship before they arrived, and one of the characters could pretend to get a call on his cellphone, as an excuse for why he could not go with Everyman....
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