![]() ![]() Perhaps it is simply because the pulpit and the stage have so much in common.Ĭuriously, the other moment when the play really comes alive is when the drama is all over and Becket is dead. There is nothing here on the scale of embarrassment of The Cocktail Party, one of the nastiest plays ever written, but equally, it is clear that Eliot wasn't always sure of the difference between drama and sermon.įunnily enough, it is the Christmas Day sermon delivered by Becket that offers one of the best theatrical moments, as opposed to the tussles with temptation and theology, which are very dull. ![]() ![]() On the whole, the young cast - particularly Matt Smith, who gives an exceptionally mature performance as the Archbishop hurrying towards death - are rather classier than the playwright. ![]()
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