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Plays set in the 12th century
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The list Plays set in the 12th century includes
The Lion in Winter, Yoshitsune Shin Takadachi, King John (play), Four Nights in Knaresborough and In Extremis (play).
The list consists of 13 members
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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 ...
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The Provost of Bruges
1836 playOverview: The Provost of Bruges is a historical tragedy by the British writer George William Lovell. It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London on 10 February 1836. The original cast featured William ... 0
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The Lion in Winter
play written by James GoldmanOverview: The Lion in Winter is a 1966 play by James Goldman, depicting the personal and political conflicts of Henry II of England, his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, their children and their guests during Christmas ... 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 (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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6.Overview: Yoshitsune Shin-Takadachi (義経新高館), or Yoshitsune and the New Takadachi, is a Japanese jōruri (puppet) play which centers on the conflict between Minamoto no Yoshitsune and his brother, Shōgun Minamoto ... 0
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King John (play)
play by Shakespeare
Overview: The Life and Death of King John, often shortened to King John, a history play by William Shakespeare, dramatises the reign of John, King of England (ruled 1199–1216), the son of Henry II and Eleanor of ... 0
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The Hebrew (play)
1820 play
Overview: The Hebrew is an 1820 historical play by the British author George Soane. It was premièred at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London on 2 March 1820. It is inspired by the 1819 novel Ivanhoe by Walter ... 0
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Adelaide (1800 play)
play by Henry James Pye
Overview: Adelaide is an 1800 historical tragedy by the English writer and poet laureate Henry James Pye. It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London on 25 January 1800. The original cast included Sarah ... 0
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Henry II (play)
1692 playOverview: Henry The Second, King Of England; With The Death Of Rosamond is a 1692 historical play often attributed to William Mountfort but possibly written by John Bancroft. It was first staged at the Theatre Royal ... 0
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Four Nights in Knaresborough
play written by Paul WebbOverview: Four Nights in Knaresborough is a play written by Paul Corcoran (now known as Paul Webb) and first performed at the Tricycle Theatre, London in 1999. It recounts the aftermath of the murder of Thomas Becket ... 0
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In Extremis (play)
Play by Howard Brenton
Overview: In Extremis: The Story of Abelard & Heloise is a play by Howard Brenton on the story of Heloise and Abelard, which premiered at the Globe Theatre on 27 August 2006 with a 15 performance run. The play was ... 0
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Raiō no Terasu
1969 play written by Yukio MishimaOverview: Raiō no Terasu (癩王のテラス, The Terrace of the Leper King) is a 1969 play written by Yukio Mishima. 0
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