Murder in the Cathedral (Further Reading)

Further Reading

• Ackroyd, Peter. T. S. Eliot: A Life, Simon and Schuster, 1984, p. 227.

  Although Ackroyd’s book is an unauthorized biography, it does offer a general study of Eliot’s growth as a poet and dramatist.

• Eliot, T. S. Selected Poems, Harcourt Brace, 1964.

  This is a compact edition of Eliot’s verse, containing such famous poems as “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” “The Hollow Men,” and “The Waste Land.” Reading these poems will give a student of Murder in the Cathedral a glimpse at how similar thematic concerns are explored in different forms.

• Grant, Michael, Editor. T. S. Eliot: The Critical Heritage, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982, pp. 313-34.

  This book collects a number of reviews of the original Canterbury Festival production of the play.

• Hinchcliffe, Arnold P. T. S. Eliot: Plays. A Casebook, Macmillan, 1985.

  This book contains a long introductory collection of essays titled “Eliot’s Aims and Achievements” and then devotes a chapter to each play. There are many excerpts in this book by Eliot himself.

• Malamud, Randy. T. S. Eliot’s Drama: A Research and Production Sourcebook, Greenwood Press, 1992.

  This is an invaluable book for any student of Eliot’s plays. It contains a long introduction exploring Eliot’s aims in writing verse drama, chapters on the production history of each play and a full annotated bibliography.