{"product_id":"9780571362790","title":"Murder in the Cathedral","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Eliot, T. S., \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 15\/10\/2020,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 80 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003cbr\u003e Published By: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFaber \u0026amp; Faber\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Plays \u0026amp; playscripts\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780571362790\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"strike\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDescription:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003eMurder in the Cathedral, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt 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.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003eLike 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\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003eThis anniversary edition marks 850 years since Becket's dramatic murder, and eighty-five years since Eliot's play was first performed.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36716593184921,"sku":"9780571362790","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780571362790.jpg?v=1602693614","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780571362790","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}