The historical background of Murder in the Cathedral.

MEG-02: BRITISH DRAMA ASSIGNMENT

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3. Brief by outline the historical background of Murder in the Cathedral.

Murder in the Cathedral is a verse drama by T.S. Eliot, first performed in 1935, that portrays the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170.

The play deals with the martyrdom of Thomas Becket, one of the greatest of English saints, who was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162-1170. He was murdered in his own Cathedral by knights who claimed to be loyal to the king.

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