Louis, MO. ... Thomas Beckett was killed in 1170 in Canterbury cathedral. ... The short play has two scenes, one about a month before the murder, when Beckett returned to Canterbury from the 7 years of exile in France, and the actual murder itself. As an interlude between them stands Beckett's Christmas Day sermon from that year, and the second scene also includes an interlude in which the four knights who killed Beckett plead their case to the audience. ... The Knights break in and kill him. ...

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• Grade Level: High School