York Notes on Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot

by A. Norman Jeffares, S. Bushrui

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).

80 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1991

About the author

Alexander Norman "Derry" Jeffares was an Irish literary scholar.