As Eliot observes in
Murder in the Cathedral, «Human kind can not bear very much reality.»
And the real force in the voice of the Fourth Tempter in T. S. Eliot's
Murder in the Cathedral is the offer «to do the right thing for the wrong reason.»
T S. Eliot's
Murder in the Cathedral dramatizes the martyrdom of Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury, in 1170.
I've always had a curious affection for George Hoellering's 1951 film adaptation of T.S. Eliot's verse play
Murder in the Cathedral.
Murder in the Cathedral also served as source material for one of the very first experimental television broadcasts: the 1936 BBC presentation of the play directed by George More O'Ferrall, which according to Kenneth Baily (who witnessed the transmission on television) included «the earliest recollection I have of a really inspired use of the close - up in television drama».
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Frank Rampolla (American, 1931 — 1971), Enter Becket II, from the portfolio
Murder in the Cathedral, 1966.
Frank Rampolla (American, 1931 — 1971), Thomas and the Four Tempters III, from the portfolio
Murder in the Cathedral, 1966.
Frank Rampolla (American, 1931 — 1971), Title Page, from the portfolio
Murder in the Cathedral, 1966.
Frank Rampolla (American, 1931 — 1971), Dies Irae VII, from the portfolio
Murder in the Cathedral, 1966.
Not exact matches
One famous louse host was Thomas à Becket,
murdered in Canterbury
Cathedral in 1170 by henchmen of England's King Henry II.
In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for
murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame
Cathedral can save her.
During the renovation of a Gothic
cathedral in Germany, a mass
murder site is uncovered and it's not long before the victims come back from the dead
in search of their revenge.
Skillfully wrapped
in historical background,
murder, intrigue, suspense, and a host of interesting and fully - formed characters, the building of a
cathedral in a small English market town took on a fascination that I had not believed possible.
Set
in Lausanne, Switzerland, the story centers on Marc Rochat, the bell ringer of the
cathedral in Lausanne who is drawn
in to a series of
murders in the city.
• Almost midway, on two of the 19 piers, Father Peter built a chapel to honor Archbishop Thomas a Becket,
murdered in Canterbury
Cathedral in 1170.
Canterbury's magnificent Gothic
cathedral is one of these, and was the site of Thomas Beckett's controversial
murder by King Henry's men
in 1170.