Everyman (play) - Adaptations

Adaptations

Another well-known version of the play is Jedermann by the Austrian playwright Hugo von Hofmannsthal, which has been performed annually at the Salzburg Festival since 1920. The play was made into a film in 1961. Frederick Franck published a modernized version of the tale entitled "Everyone", drawing on Buddhist influence.

A direct-to-video movie version of Everyman was made in 2002, directed by John Farrell, which updated the setting to the early 21st century, including Death as a businessman in dark glasses with a briefcase, and Goods being played by a talking personal computer.

The play has been translated into the Filipino language by Ronan Capinding. One of the most popular Filipino adaptions of this play was the version of Al Bryan Lagman and Mark Ryan Hernandez, under the Fourthwall Theater Company, the show was able to capture the hearts of Filipino students. Due to insistent public demand, the group is re-staging the show twice a year. Last September 15,2012 it was staged at CAP Auditorium, Balayan, Batangas(seen by more than 3,000 students).

The play has also been performed at Benedictine College in Kanssa with a twist on the medieval classic that included music from The Who and Led Zeppelin, black lights, and fog machines. It showed November 14th - November 17th 2012 in the Mabee Theatre.