What is Becket?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox play | name = Becket | image = | image_size = | caption = | writer = [[Jean Anouilh]] | characters = Thomas Becket<br />King Henry II<br />King Louis VII<br />Cardinal Zambelli<br />Pope Alexander III<br />Bishop Folliot<br />Brother John<br />Empress Matilda<br />Eleanor of Aquitaine <br /> Prince Henry<br />Prince John | setting = Twelfth century Europe | premiere = 8 October 1959 | place = [[Theatre Montparnasse]] | orig_lang = [[French language|French]] | subject = | genre = | web = }} '''''Becket or The Honour of God''''' ({{lang-fr|Becket ou l'honneur de Dieu}}) is a 1959 play written in [[French language|French]] by [[Jean Anouilh]]. It is about the fight between [[Thomas Becket]] and King [[Henry II of England]] leading to Becket's assassination in 1170. It is known for having many incorrect historical facts, something which Anoulih said. The play was first performed in the original French at the Théâtre Montparnasse-Gaston Baty in [[Paris]] on 8 October 1959 and in an English version on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in 1960.<ref>{{cite web | title=Becket, or the Honour of God | url=http://www.enotes.com/becket | work=E-notes | year=2008 | access-date=2008-06-17| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080626233640/http://www.enotes.com/becket| archive-date= 26 June 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{lit-stub}} [[Category:French plays]] [[Category:Plays based on English history]] [[Category:1950s plays]] [[Category:1959 works]]