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Everyman
The everyman is a stock character of fiction. An ordinary and humble character, the everyman is generally a protagonist whose benign conduct fosters the audience's identification with them.
Origin
The term ''everyman'' was used as early as ...
is stock character in drama. This person is an ordinary individual, with whom the audience is able to easily identify.
Everyman may also refer to:
Companies and organizations
Cinemas and theaters
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Everyman Cinemas
Everyman Media Group plc (known as Everyman Cinemas) is a cinema company based in London, England. The company was founded in 2000, when entrepreneur Daniel Broch bought the original Everyman Cinema in Hampstead, London, which dated to 1933, ...
, a chain of cinemas across London, Leeds, Surrey, and Hampshire.
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Everyman Palace Theatre
The Everyman Theatre is a 650-seat Victorian theatre on MacCurtain Street in Cork, Ireland. It opened in 1897, and is the oldest purpose-built theatre building in Cork. The Everyman has undergone a number of changes in name and use, through its d ...
, a theatre in Cork, Ireland
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Everyman Theatre, a theatre in Liverpool, England
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Everyman Theatre, a theatre in Cheltenham, England
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Everyman Theatre, Baltimore, a theater in Baltimore, Maryland
Others
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Everyman Chess
Everyman Chess, formerly known as Cadogan Chess, is a major publisher of books and CDs about chess. "Everyman" is a registered trademark of Random House and the company headquarters is in London. Former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov is the ...
, a publisher of chess books
* Everyman Films Limited, the production company of
Patrick McGoohan and
David Tomblin
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Everyman's Welfare Service (also known as "Everyman's"), Australian parachurch organization
Literature
Books and magazines
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''Everyman'' (novel), a 2006 novel by Philip Roth
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Everyman's Library
Everyman's Library is a series of reprints of classic literature, primarily from the Western canon. It is currently published in hardback by Random House. It was originally an imprint of J. M. Dent (itself later a division of Weidenfeld & N ...
, a series of reprinted classic literature
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Everyman (magazine)
''Everyman'' was an English magazine from 1912 to 1916 and 1929 to 1935 edited first by Charles Sarolea and later by C. B. Purdom.
History and profile
''Everyman'' was founded by publisher J. M. Dent in 1912. The original editor was Charles ...
, an English magazine published from 1929–1935
Comic books
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Everyman (DC Comics)
Everyman (Hannibal Bates) is a supervillain published by DC Comics. He debuted in '' 52'' #17 (August 2006), and was created by Grant Morrison, Geoff Johns, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, Keith Giffen and Joe Bennett. His name is a combination of Hanni ...
, a shapeshifting member of Lex Luthor's Infinity Inc
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Everyman (Marvel Comics)
Everyman (Larry Ekler) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Publication history
The Everyman first appeared in ''Captain America'' #267 (Mar 1982) and was created by J. M. DeMatteis and Mike Zeck. ...
, a Marvel Comics super villain (Larry Eckler)
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Everyman (''The Simpsons''), a character created by Comic Book Guy
Plays
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''Everyman'' (15th-century play), a 15th-century English medieval play
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''Everyman'' (1901 play), a 1902 Broadway production based on the 15th-century medieval morality play
Other media
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''Everyman'' (1961 film), a 1961 Austrian film based on a 1911 German-language play
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''Everyman'' (1964 film), a 1964 Australian television play
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''Everyman'' (TV series), a BBC television documentary series concerned with moral and religious issues
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Every Man", a song by the Christian band Casting Crowns
Other uses
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Everyman Campaign
The Institute of Cancer Research (the ICR) is a public research institute and a member institution of the University of London in London, United Kingdom, specialising in oncology. It was founded in 1909 as a research department of the Royal Ma ...
, a charity set up to research and raise awareness testicular and prostate cancer
* The Everyman sleep schedule, a form of
polyphasic sleep
Biphasic sleep (or ''diphasic'', ''bifurcated'', or bimodal sleep) is the practice of sleeping during two periods over the course of 24 hours, while polyphasic sleep refers to sleeping multiple times—usually more than two. Each of these is in ...
* Everyman, a logo element of PBS, see
See also
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Jedermann (disambiguation)
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Everywoman (disambiguation)
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Average Joe – wholly average person
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Commoner – person neither nobility, royalty, nor priesthood
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Everyman's right
The freedom to roam, or "everyman's right", is the general public's right to access certain public or privately owned land, lakes, and rivers for recreation and exercise. The right is sometimes called the right of public access to the wildernes ...
– freedom to roam
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Man on the Bondi tram
The man on the Bondi tram is a fictional legal character used in civil law in New South Wales, Australia, representing an ordinary person. Jurors, for example, have been directed to consider what the man on the Bondi tram would think of whe ...
– hypothetical reasonable Australian
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John Q. Public – generic, hypothetical "common man"
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Straight man
The straight man is a stock character in a comedy performance, especially a double act, sketch comedy, or farce. When a comedy partner behaves eccentrically, the straight man is expected to maintain composure. The direct contribution to the c ...
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Zé Povinho – Portuguese everyman
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