Who wrote the poetic drama 'Murder in the Cathedral'?

• T.S Eliot wrote the drama, 'Murder in the Cathedral'.
- The play was performed at Canterbury Cathedral in 1935 and published the same year.
- এটা মূলত: T.S Eliot রচিত একটি Poetic Drama.
- নাটকটি দুইটি ভাগে বিভক্ত।
- St. Thomas Becket কে Canterbury Cathedral বা গীর্জাতে রাজা হেনরি কর্তৃক অন্যায় ভাবে নিহত করার ঘটনাটি এখানে তুলে ধরা হয়েছে।
- এজন্য এই নাটকটিকে Miracle Play বা Saint’s Play ও বলা হয়ে থাকে।

• Characters:
- Second Tempter,
- First Tempter,
- Third Tempter,
- Thomas Becket,
- King Henry II, etc.

• T.S. Eliot:
- He was an American-English poet, playwright, literary critic, and editor.

• Best works: (poems)
- The Waste Land (1922),
- Four Quartets,
- The Hollow Men,
- Ash Wednesday etc.

• His well known plays:
- Murder in the Cathedral,
- The Cocktail Party,
- The Trail of a Judge etc.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr M Mofizar Rahman and Britannica.