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Murder in the Cathedral

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A play by T. S. Eliot.
[Starring] Robert Speaight as Becket
The action passes before, and inside the Cathedral at Canterbury, and in the Archbishop's Hall, in the year 1170.

Contributors

Writer:
T. S. Eliot
Producer:
George More O'Ferrall
Becket:
Robert Speaight
First priest:
Norman Tyrrell
Second priest:
Frank Foster
A herald:
Stanley Lawson
Archbishop Thomas Becket:
Robert Speaight
First tempter:
MacKenzie Ward
Second tempter:
John Stuart
Third tempter:
Aubrey Dexter
Fourth tempter:
E Martin Browne
First knight:
Victor Lucas
Second knight:
Alan Judd
Third knight:
Hugh Butt
Fourth knight:
Anthony Sharp
The Women of Canterbury:
Eileen Thomdike
The Women of Canterbury:
Joy Harington
The Women of Canterbury:
Eileen Vine
The Women of Canterbury:
Yvonne Coulette
The Women of Canterbury:
Violet Gould
The Women of Canterbury:
Helen Stephens
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