Everyman is successful popular & riding high when Death comes calling Forced to abandon the life he has built he embarks on a last frantic search to recruit a friend anyone to speak in his defence But Death is close behind & time is running out One of the great primal spiritual myths Everyman asks whether it is only in death that we can understand our lives A cornerstone of English drama since the 15th century this new adaptation by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy was presented at the National Theatre London in April 2015