Philipth Morley was one of Albion's most celebrated writers and dramatists. His major works included "The Tailor's Tragedy" and "The Repentant Alchemist".
Fable III
He appears in Fable III as a ghost in the quest Missing Play. Lambert and Pinch, members of an acting troupe in Brightwall, beseech the Hero to help them recover Morley's "lost play," which is said to perfectly blend the styles of tragedy and comedy. When the Hero locates the play inside the Brightwall Academy, Morley's angry ghost appears and traps the Hero inside the book, proclaiming that his missing play (which he calls "worse than rubbish") must never be published. The Hero is then forced to act out scenes from three of Morley's plays in order to escape. Impressed with the Hero's versatility and acting prowess, Morley grants him/her his lost play, "The Ham Sandwich." The Hero then returns to the actors, who proceed to perform the play for a crowd of villagers. Unfortunately, as Morley feared, the play is terrible, leading one of the villagers to remark, "Worst play ever."
Trivia
- In Fable: The Lost Chapters, the Hero of Oakvale can bring "The Tailor's Tragedy" and "The Repentant Alchemist" to Mr. Gout at the school in Bowerstone South during the quest Book Collection.
- In Fable II, the Demon Door in Wraithmarsh, who claims to have once been Albion's greatest actor, boasts that Philipth Morley wrote some of his best works with him in mind. If the Hero of Bowerstone gathers an audience of ten villagers, the door will perform Morley's "The Repentant Alchemist."
- His less famous brother, Andrewth, is buried in Mourningwood.