Murder in the Cathedral Murder in the Cathedral Murder in the Cathedral is a verse drama by T.S. Eliot, first performed in 1935, that portrays the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170. Eliot drew heavily on the writing of Edward Grim, a clerk who was an eyewitness to the event. The play, dealing with an individual's opposition to authority, was written at the time of rising fascism in Central Europe. Some material that the producer asked Eliot to remove or replace during the writing was transformed into the poem "Burnt Norton". The action occurs between 2 and 29 December 1170,
Wanderer of the Wasteland (1945 film) he is home to stay. "Wanderer of the Wasteland" was filmed on location in the Alabama Hills of Lone Pine, California. "Wanderer of the Wasteland" was released by RKO Radio Pictures on June 1, 1945 in the United States. The film was reissued on June 16, 1951. Upon its theatrical release, "Wanderer of the Wasteland" received generally poor reviews. The reviewer for the "New York Times" called the film a "soporific little Western" and a "pallid and static picturization", while praising the performances of James Warren and Richard Martin who "supply the few flickers of spirit and humor" in the