The title drama traces Thomas Becket’s rise from chancellor to archbishop, his conflict with Henry II and the murder in Canterbury Cathedral, with the subplot of Rosamund de Clifford. The volume adds The Cup, a tragedy of ancient Galatia, The Falcon, drawn from Boccaccio, and The Promise of May, a village drama.
Henry Irving’s success in Becket made it Tennyson’s most admired play. Download the free EPUB.