Cyril Cusack as Becket, Murder in the Cathedral, BBC TV

Mar. 16, 1964 - Death to the King's Enemy; On BBC Television on March 25th T.S. Eliot's play Murder in the Cathedral will be shown. The play which is being acted in Canterbury Cathedral, tells of the murder there in 1170, of Archbishop Thomas A. Becket, who was killed by the Knight's of King Henry II to and the bitter struggle between the two over the powers of church and state. Photo Shows Rehearsing the famous death scene for Murder in the Cathedral Thomas A Becket played by Irish actor Cyril Cusack, meets his doom at the hands of four of the King's Knight, played by Dennis Quilley, John Bennett, Esmond Knight and John Carson, in Canterbury Cathedral

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1170 Acted Becket Beckett Bitter Canterbury Cusack Cyril Doom Esmond Quilley Rehearsing Tells

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