Q : Deeply explain the dramatic verse, “ Murder in the Cathedral ” by Thomas Stearns Eliot. “ Murder in the Cathedral ” is a verse drama by T. S. Eliot , first performed in 1935 at Canterbury Cathedral . It is often called T. S. Eliot ’s first play, and is probably Eliot’s best-known play; his only completed work of historical drama. The play portrays the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral during the reign of Henry II in 1170 . Eliot drew heavily on the writing of Edward Grim , a clerk who was an eyewitness to the event. The book is divided into two parts. Part one takes place in the Archbishop Thomas Becket ’s hall on 2 December, 1170 . The play’s most striking feature is the use of a chorus in the Classical Greek manner. Following this initial success, it had a long critically acclaimed run at the Mercury Theatre in London under Ashley Dukes and Martin Browne . It scored again in the WPA Theatre in New York, and in the spring following th
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