Murder in the Cathedral

E21484
play verse drama

Murder in the Cathedral is a verse drama by T. S. Eliot that dramatizes the martyrdom of Archbishop Thomas Becket and explores themes of faith, power, and spiritual temptation.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Murder in the Cathedral canonical 7
Act I of Murder in the Cathedral 2
"Murder in the Cathedral" 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf play ⓘ
verse drama ⓘ
author T. S. Eliot ⓘ
basedOn Saint Thomas Becket ⓘ
surface form: martyrdom of Thomas Becket
containsCharacter Four Tempters ⓘ
Three Knights ⓘ
Three Priests ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
dramaticForm choric drama ⓘ
exploresConcept Christian martyrdom ⓘ
authority ⓘ
free will ⓘ
temptation ⓘ
featuresCharacterType Chorus ⓘ
firstPerformanceCity Canterbury ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1935 ⓘ
firstPerformedAt Chapter House of Canterbury Cathedral ⓘ
form verse ⓘ
genre historical drama ⓘ
religious drama ⓘ
hasAdaptation Murder in the Cathedral self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Murder in the Cathedral (1951 film)

Murder in the Cathedral self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Murder in the Cathedral (radio adaptations)
hasISBN 9780571063277 ⓘ
historicalFigureDepicted Henry II of England ⓘ
Saint Thomas Becket ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Becket
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement modernism ⓘ
mainCharacter Saint Thomas Becket ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Becket
notableFor exploration of spiritual conflict ⓘ
integration of liturgical elements ⓘ
use of chorus modeled on Greek tragedy ⓘ
originalCommissionedBy Canterbury Festival ⓘ
originalPublicationYear 1935 ⓘ
publisher Faber and Faber ⓘ
publisherCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
settingCountry England ⓘ
settingLocation Canterbury Cathedral ⓘ
settingTimePeriod 12th century ⓘ
structure two acts ⓘ
theme church and state conflict ⓘ
faith ⓘ
martyrdom ⓘ
power ⓘ
spiritual temptation ⓘ
writer T. S. Eliot ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

T. S. Eliot → notableWork → Murder in the Cathedral ⓘ
Murder in the Cathedral → hasAdaptation → Murder in the Cathedral self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Murder in the Cathedral (1951 film)
Murder in the Cathedral → hasAdaptation → Murder in the Cathedral self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Murder in the Cathedral (radio adaptations)
Stearns → bearerNotableWork → Murder in the Cathedral ⓘ
Chapter House of Canterbury Cathedral → associatedWith → Murder in the Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Murder in the Cathedral"
Four Tempters → appearsInWork → Murder in the Cathedral ⓘ
Four Tempters → firstAppearance → Murder in the Cathedral ⓘ
Four Tempters → appearsInAct → Murder in the Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: Act I of Murder in the Cathedral
Three Priests → appearsIn → Murder in the Cathedral ⓘ
Three Priests → appearsInAct → Murder in the Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: Act I of Murder in the Cathedral
Three Priests → appearsInAct → Murder in the Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: Act II of Murder in the Cathedral
Three Knights → appearsIn → Murder in the Cathedral ⓘ
Three Knights → appearsInAct → Murder in the Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: Part I of Murder in the Cathedral
Three Knights → appearsInAct → Murder in the Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: Part II of Murder in the Cathedral
Murder of Thomas Becket → hasRelatedWork → Murder in the Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: T. S. Eliot’s play "Murder in the Cathedral"
Celia Coplestone → relatedWork → Murder in the Cathedral ⓘ