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Becket, or The Honour of God

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  5w, 13m

Lucienne Hill, Jean Anouilh

Becket, or The Honour of God
by Jean Anouilh
Translated by Lucienne Hill

As he waits to be scourged for his part in Becket's murder, King Henry II retraces his entire relationship with the'saint, once his dearest friend and mentor. His catastrophic mistake was to create Becket Archbishop out of political expediency for Be…

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    5w, 13m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Period, Docudrama/Historic, Faith-based

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Summary
As he waits to be scourged for his part in Becket's murder, King Henry II retraces his entire relationship with the'saint, once his dearest friend and mentor. His catastrophic mistake was to create Becket Archbishop out of political expediency for Becket found a fulfilment lacking in his hitherto luxurious life and therefore guarded the honour of God as once he had, as Henry's Chancellor, guarded the honour of his King.
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  • Time Period Medieval (6th-14th c.)
  • Setting Composite setting

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Lucienne Hill

Lucienne Hill
Lucienne Hill (1923 - 2012) became well-known for her for her translations of French dramatist Jean Anouilh. After a brief career as an actress of stage and screen, she was nominated for a Tony Award for her translation of The Waltz of the Toreadors, and won one in 1961 for t ...
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Jean Anouilh

Jean Anouilh
Jean Anouilh was born in Bordeaux on June 23, 1910. After completing his early schooling, Anouilh studied law for a short time at the Sorbonne, and then worked as a copywriter at Publicité Damour. He also wrote comic scenes for the cinema. In 1929 he collaborated with Jean ...
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