T. S. Eliot "Murder in the Cathedral" (part 1)

"Murder in the Cathedral" is a poetic drama by T. S. Eliot that portrays the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170, first performed in 1935

This is a vinyl rip of the two-disc recording on Caedmon Records [TRS-330; LC R68-3173]

PAUL SCOFIELD . . . . . Archbishop Thomas Becket

CYRIL CUSAK . . . . . . First Priest

JULIAN GLOVER . . . . . Second Priest

MICHAEL GWYNN . . . . . Third Priest

ALEC McCOWEN . . . . . First Tempter

GEOFFREY DUNN . . . . . Second Tempter

ANTHONY NICHOLLS . . . Third Tempter

PATRICK MAGEE . . . . . Fourth Tempter

HARRY ANDREWS . . . . . First Knight

DOUGLAS WILMER . . . . . Second Knight

JAMES HAYTER . . . . . .Third Knight

MICHAEL ALDRIDGE . . . . Fourth Knight

Chorus of Women
CATHLEEN NESBITT
GLENDA JACKSON
WENDY HILLER
JUNE JAGO

Messenger
STEPHEN MOORE

Directed by HOWARD SACKLER