{"product_id":"murder-in-the-cathedral-verse-drama-isbn-9780156632775","title":"Murder in the Cathedral: Verse Drama","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eT. S. Eliot's most famous \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003edrama\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e, a retelling of the murder of the archbishop of Canterbury\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMurder in the Cathedral\u003c\/em\u003e, written for the Canterbury Festival in 1935, was one of T. S. Eliot’s first dramatic achievements, and it remains one of the great plays of the century. It takes as its subject matter the martyrdom of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, depicting the events that led to his assassination, in his own cathedral church, by the knights of Henry II in 1170. Like Greek drama, the play’s theme and form are rooted in religion, ritual purgation and renewal, and it was this return to the earliest sources of drama that brought poetry triumphantly back to the English stage at the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The theatre is enriched by this poetic play of grave beauty and momentous decision.\" —\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"The theatre as well as the church is enriched by this poetic play of grave beauty and momentous decision.\" —\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e \"This play comes closer to perfection than anything that Eliot has written.\" —\u003cem\u003eNew York Herald Tribune Books\u003c\/em\u003e \"Within its limits the play is a masterpiece...Mr. Eliot has written no better poem than this and none which seems simpler.\" —\u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e \"Mr. T. S. Eliot...has won for religious drama a fresh hearing...Not since 'St. Joan' has there been any play on the English stage in which such tremendous issues as this have been treated with such mastery of thought, as well as dramatic power.\" —\u003cem\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/em\u003e \"Eliot has found himself anew as a poet, only with an added ease, lucidity and objectiveness.\" —\u003cem\u003eSpectator\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889896517861,"sku":"NP9780156632775","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780156632775.jpg?v=1730232134","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/murder-in-the-cathedral-verse-drama-isbn-9780156632775","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}