Becket or the Honor of God
by:
Jean Anouilh (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780399513541 (039951354X)
Publish date: June 1st 1987
Publisher: Perigee
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Classics,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Medieval,
Plays,
Drama,
Theatre,
France,
French Literature,
High School
This audio version is good, even though it seems as if Beckett has a lisp.
If you have never seen Becket, the movie, with Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton, you must. It's based on this play by Jean Anouilh that I had never read. I ran across the LA Theaterworks production on Audible and gave it a try. Wonderful production and play. My only complaint is that it was sometime...
bookshelves: published-1959, play-dramatisation, medieval5c-16c, historical-fiction, revenge, teh-brillianz, re-visit-2013, autumn-2013, film-only Read from January 01, 1979 to November 29, 2013, read count: 3 Original review: Bettie's Books Revisit November 2013 to compliment this section within...
bookshelves: published-1959, play-dramatisation, medieval5c-16c, historical-fiction, revenge, teh-brillianz Read in January, 1979, read count: 2 I have a problem with forks :"Although the word fork dates back to about the eleventh century as the name of an implement used to pitch hay, the table ...
I have a problem with forks :"Although the word fork dates back to about the eleventh century as the name of an implement used to pitch hay, the table fork was not used in England until 1611. It was then that a country squire named Thomas Coryate returned from a trip to Italy, where forks had been u...