A dramatization in free verse and with features derived from ancient and medieval theatre of the killing of Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury under King Henry II. Eliot used the device of a chorus, an ancient Greek invention, to express certain concerns and observations, and the killers take their …
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A dramatization in free verse and with features derived from ancient and medieval theatre of the killing of Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury under King Henry II. Eliot used the device of a chorus, an ancient Greek invention, to express certain concerns and observations, and the killers take their turn to justify their action. When I read this play as a grammar school student in England, I was struck by the way the violence echoed the rise of fascism in Europe when the play was being written. My English master was somewhat mocking in class regarding my views, but later as a college student I read Eliot's own words confirming my experience.
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Murder in the cathedral.
English language
Published Jan. 6, 1964 by Faber.
Murder in the Cathedral
Audio cassette
English language
Published Nov. 6, 1985 by Dh Audio.
Phoniko stēn ekklēsia
117 pages
Greek language
Published Jan. 6, 1974 by Ikaros.
Sassinament te catedrâl
76 pages
Friulian language
Published Jan. 6, 1995 by Clape culturâl Acuilee, Gurize Pordenon.
Meurtre dans la cathédrale
140 pages
French language
Published Jan. 6, 1946 by Editions du Seuil.
Murder in the cathedral.
English language
Published Jan. 6, 1938 by Faber.
Murder in the Cathedral
Hardcover, 88 pages
Published Dec. 31, 1938 by Faber and Faber Ltd.
Murder in the cathedral.
English language
Published Jan. 6, 1936 by Faber.
Phoniko stēn ekklēsia
115 pages
Greek language
Published Jan. 6, 1965 by Ikaros.
Lladd wrth yr allor
71 pages
Welsh language
Published Jan. 6, 1949 by Llyfrau'r Dryw.
Murder in the Cathedral
Audio cassette
Published Aug. 6, 1988 by Harper Audio.
Zabójstwo w Katedrze
Polish language
Published Jan. 6, 1954 by Oficyna Poetów i Malarzy na Emigracji w Anglii.
Phoniko stēn ekklēsia
Greek language
Published Jan. 6, 1967 by Ikaros.
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