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Cultural depictions of Thomas Becket
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The list Cultural depictions of Thomas Becket includes
Becket, Thomas Beckett, Murder in the Cathedral (1962 film), Assassinio nella cattedrale and Murder in the Cathedral (1951 film).
The list consists of 24 members.
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Becket
1964 film by Peter Glenville
Overview: Becket is a 1964 British historical drama film about the historic, tumultuous relationship between Henry II of England and his friend-turned-bishop Thomas Becket. It is a dramatic film adaptation of the ...Genre: Drama, Biography, HistoryDirector: Peter GlenvilleProducer: Hal B. Wallis, Joseph H. HazenWriter: Jean Anouilh, Lucienne HillAn English king comes to terms with his affection for his close friend and confidant, who finds his true honor by observing God's divine will rather ...
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Drunk History: UK
British television series
Overview: Drunk History is a British comedy television series that premiered on Comedy Central on 12 January 2015. It is based on the American television series of the same name. In each episode, a celebrity (usually ...
Director: Tom McKay, Steve ConnellyWriter: Dominic EnglishUK comedians relate their favourite historical stories while drunk. 0
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Becket
Theater play by Jean AnouilhOverview: Becket or The Honour of God (French: Becket ou l'honneur de Dieu), often shortened to Becket, is a 1959 stage play written in French by Jean Anouilh. It is a depiction of the conflict between Thomas Becket ... 0
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Meet the Ancestors
British TV series or programme
Overview: Meet the Ancestors (later Ancestors) is a BBC Television documentary series first broadcast in 1998. It documented the archaeological excavation and scientific reconstruction of human remains. The series ...Director: Fiona Scott, Nigel PatersonCast: Julian Richards, Richard Neave, Charlotte A. Roberts, Nicholas Rowe, Elizabeth Keates, J.D. HillProducer: Paul Bradshaw, Bill LockeWriter: Julian RichardsSeries which uses archaeology to shed light on history. 0
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Murder in the Cathedral
1951 film
Overview: Murder in the Cathedral is a 1951 British drama film directed and produced by George Hoellering and co-written by Hoellering and T. S. Eliot based on Eliot's 1935 verse drama of the same name and starring ...Genre: DramaDirector: George HoelleringProducer: George HoelleringWriter: T.S. Eliot, George HoelleringThe tape version, if one exists, may be 114 minutes but the film, on original release, ran the same 140 minutes in the USA as it did in England... 0
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The Owl and the Nightingale
Middle English poem
Overview: The Owl and the Nightingale is a twelfth- or thirteenth-century Middle English poem detailing a debate between an owl and a nightingale as overheard by the poem's narrator. It is the earliest example in ...Occupation: Poet 0
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Who Killed Thomas Becket?
2000 filmOverview: Who did Kill Thomas Becket in 1170? is a 2000 Channel 4 documentary concerning the murder of Thomas Becket, who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170. He is venerated as a saint and martyr by ... 0
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Time and Chance (Penman novel)
novel by Sharon Kay Penman
Overview: Time and Chance is a historical novel written by Sharon Kay Penman published in 2002 and is the second volume in the Plantagenet trilogy, preceded by When Christ and His Saints Slept and followed by Devil's ... 0
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The Pillars of the Earth
Novel by Ken Follett
Overview: The Pillars of the Earth is a historical novel by British author Ken Follett published in 1989 about the building of a cathedral in the fictional town of Kingsbridge, England. Set in the 12th century ... 0
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Murder in the Cathedral
Play by T. S. Eliot
Overview: Murder in the Cathedral is a verse drama by T. S. Eliot, first performed in 1935 (published the same year). The play portrays the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral during ... 0
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Becket
1924 film by George RidgwellOverview: Becket is a 1924 British silent drama film directed by George Ridgwell and starring Frank R. Benson, A.V. Bramble and Bertram Burleigh. It depicts the fatal encounter between Henry II and the Archbishop ...Genre: Drama, Biography, HistoryDirector: George Ridgwell 0
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Monarchy with David Starkey
British documentary series
Overview: Monarchy is a Channel 4 British TV series, 2004–2007, by British academic David Starkey charting the political and ideological history of the English monarchy from Anglo-Saxon England to modern history ...Release date: 18 October 2004Genre: Documentary, HistoryDirector: David Hutt, Lucy SwinglerProducer: Alexander Gardener, Mark FielderWriter: David Starkey 0
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Becket (Tennyson play)
Historical play (1884)Overview: Becket is an 1884 historical play by the British writer Alfred, Lord Tennyson, inspired by the murder of Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket by agents of Henry II in 1170. 0
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Murder in the Cathedral (1962 film)
1962 film by William Sterling
Overview: 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 ... 0
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Assassinio nella cattedrale
opera by Ildebrando Pizzetti
Overview: Assassinio nella cattedrale (Murder in the Cathedral) is an opera in two acts and an intermezzo by the Italian composer Ildebrando Pizzetti, who also wrote the libretto. He adapted it from an Italian ... 0
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Der Heilige
literary workOverview: Der Heilige (The Saint; 1879) is a short historical novel by Conrad F. Meyer derived from the story of Thomas Becket and Henry II of England. 0
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Statue of Thomas Becket, London
Sculpture by Edward Bainbridge Copnall
Overview: The statue of Thomas Becket (1970) by Edward Bainbridge Copnall is installed in St Paul's Churchyard in London, United Kingdom. 0
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Overview: Thomas and the King is a stage musical with music by John Williams, lyrics by James Harbert, and a book by Edward Anhalt. It is based on the story of Thomas Becket and Henry II of England, and set in 12th ... 0
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Alternate Warriors
1993 anthology edited by Mike Resnick
Overview: Alternate Warriors is an alternate history anthology edited by Mike Resnick, published in the United States by Tor Books. The anthology contains 29 short stories, including Resnick's own "Mwalimu in the ... 0
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