Murder in the Cathedral

T. S. Eliot's verse dramatization of the murder of Thomas Becket at Canterbury, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

The Archbishop Thomas Becket speaks fatal words before he is martyred in T. S. Eliot's best-known drama, based on the murder of the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1170. Praised for its poetically masterful handling of issues of faith, politics, and the common good, T. S. Eliot's play bolstered his reputation as the most significant poet of his time.

T. S. Eliot以詩歌形式詮釋坎特伯雷的托馬斯·貝克特謀殺事件，並因此獲得諾貝爾文學獎。坎特伯雷大主教托馬斯·貝克特在T. S. Eliot最著名的戲劇中說出致命的言辭，該劇以1170年坎特伯雷大主教謀殺事件為基礎。該劇因其詩意上對信仰、政治和公共利益等問題的巧妙處理而受到讚揚，進一步鞏固了T. S. Eliot作為當時最重要的詩人的聲譽。