Murder in the Cathedral (1946)

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1946

T. S. Eliot

Theme of the play is the murder of St Thomas A’Beckett in Canterbury Cathdral, Dec 1170. The first Melbourne production was in 1937 with Eileen O’Keefe as producer. Two of the 1937 cast, Frank Brookes and Arthur Davies will assist Mrs O’Keefe’s production.

Eileen O’Keefe

Frank Brooks (Archbishop Thomas A’Beckett), Arthur Davies (Fourth Tempter). The conservatorium’s Dramatic art classes will supply the majority of the cast notably the chorus of Canterbury women.

Plays, 1940s, 1946, female director