Though better known for his poetry, T. S. Eliot wrote seven important plays between 1926 and 1958, of which "Murder in the Cathedral "(1935) and "The Cocktail Party" (1949) may be most produced. Posthumously, he won Tony Awards in 1983 for the musical adaptation of his poetry in the Broadway production of "Cats." He was at the forefront of a mid-twentieth-century revival of the genre of verse drama and also wrote a considerable body of dramatic criticism. Notwithstanding the hundreds of critical sources annotated in this bibliography, the Eliot industry has neglected the plays in recent...
Though better known for his poetry, T. S. Eliot wrote seven important plays between 1926 and 1958, of which "Murder in the Cathedral "(1935) and "T...
