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Murder in the Cathedral by T. S. Eliot
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Murder in the Cathedral

by T. S. Eliot

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I do much better when I can see a play rather than read it, and Murder in the Cathedral is one I definitely needed to see. In fact, Murder in the Cathedral was one of the harder plays for me to read, and I think it would have helped if I had at least listened to it on tape because then I could hear the different voices.

As is it, Murder in the Cathedral was hard to visualize, and I spent most of my time being lost in the language rather than the plot. I finished it and immediately asked, “okay…what happened?”

I guess it’s just another play I need to see rather than read. ( )
  jacketscoversread | Dec 23, 2008 |
This was a very interesting drama. I liked the first part before forecoming conclusion. Something in last event takes the 5th star away, too abrubt ending, especially after archbishop's ceremony. A beautiful work of English drama. ( )
  erhirvo | Nov 11, 2008 |
The year is 1170 and after a 7 year absence Thomas Becket returns to England for what is to be...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... ( )
1 vote quillmenow | Mar 19, 2008 |
Eliot, T.S.. Murder in the Cathedral. Harcourt Brace, New York, 1964.
  BrianDewey | Jul 30, 2007 |
Very satisfying. Easy to hear the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber as you read this. Some very profound thoughts about life and purpose in this. I liked it a lot. ( )
  MrsLee | Nov 10, 2006 |
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Here let us stand, close by the cathedral.
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The Archbishop Thomas Becket speaks fatal words before he is martyred in T. S. Eliot's best-known drama, based on the murder of the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1170. Praised for its poetically masterful handling of issues of faith, politics, and the common good, T. S. Eliot's play expanded his reputation as the most significant poet of his time.

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A dramatization in verse of the murder of Thomas Becket at Canterbury. “The theatre as well as the church is enriched by this poetic play of grave beauty and momentous decision” (New York Times). “Within its limits the play is a masterpiece.... Mr. Eliot has written no better poem than this and none which seems simpler” (Mark Van Doren, The Nation).

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