THE FILM OF MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL

NEW YORK: HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY, 1952 TERRIFIC BOOK, SLIGHT WEAR CORNERS, TIGHT, GREEN BLUE BLACK DESIGN FRONT AND BLACK PRINT SPINE. GREAT PICTURES, DETAIL, PLATES BACK, PICTURES OF PLAY AND CAST. A play set in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170; first performed in Canterbury, England, in June 1935. Archbishop Thomas Becket returns from exile abroad to face martyrdom-he must resist the temptations of King Henry ll's agents and come to terms with his impending death. Eliot, T[homas] S[tearns] (1888¿1965), playwright and poet. The expatriate American, who spent most of his creative career in England as a British subject, is remembered by American playgoers largely for three plays: Murder in the Cathedral (1936), The Cocktail Party (1950), and The Confidential Clerk (1954). WONDERFUL BOOK AND PIECE OF HISTORY. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.