Murder in the Cathedral (1962)
- Directed by
- William Sterling
- Country
- Australia
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This is a television adaptation of T. S. Eliot's verse play about Thomas Becket. It shows the conflict between Becket and King Henry II that leads to his martyrdom.
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What happens
Murder in the Cathedral is a 1962 Australian television play adapted from T. S. Eliot's 1935 play Murder in the Cathedral, about Thomas Becket. It was one of a number of verse plays produced by the ABC. William Sterling said he wanted to adapt it for TV for a long time. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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