Murder In The Cathedral 1986

PRODUCTION: Murder In The Cathedral (Poetic Drama)
PRODUCTION DATE: October 1986
DIRECTED BY: Keith Jefferies
STAGED: St. Andrews Church, Burgess Hill
SYNOPSIS: Murder In The Cathedral portrays the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170. The action takes place between December 2nd and December 29th 1170, chronicling the days leading up to the martyrdom of Thomas Becket following his absence of seven years in France, whose internal struggle is the main thrust of the play. Having come into conflict with secular authority, Archbishop Becket is visited by a succession of tempters, three of whom parallel the Temptations of Christ. Beckett responds to all of the tempters and specifically addresses the immoral suggestions of the fourth tempter at the end of the first act.
PLAYWRIGHT: T. S. Eliot (September 26, 1888 – January 4, 1965), was a poet, dramatist and literary critic. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948.

CAST

CREW

Anthony Hole	Archbishop Thomas Becket	Margaret Coveney	Stage Manager
David Downer	Priest	Jeremy Hole	Lighting
Jim Towell	Priest	Geoff Twyman & Terry Thompsett	Set Design & Construction
John Poulson	Priest	Elizabeth Batten	Wardrobe
Alec Anthon, Jim Clark	Tempters &	Vickie Josephs	Properties
Leon Figg & Anthony White	Murderers	Leon Figg	Swords & Scabbards
Sheila Wells	Solo Speaker	Rick & Melanie Peckham	Box Office
Keith Jefferies	Messenger	Rick & Melanie Peckham	Front Of House
Vickie Josephs	Attendant

Women Of Canturbury: Deborah Baldwin, Elizabeth Batten, Shirley Carter, Mary House, Mary Jupp, Pamela Jefferies, Jackie Lander, Lisa Lawton, Karen Lodge, Maureen Thomas, Jo White & Pearl White

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