1. historical background of The Murder in the Cathedral
... for his subject despite a 1932-3 production of Tennyson's play. The conditions were congenial to Eliot.He had a Christian subject and a Christian audience to be gathered at one of Europe's most famous Christian shrines.He had a director withwhom he could work, and he had the chance to further the cause of poetic drama.The topic martyrdom attracted Eliot ,as did the nature ... ...
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