
![ELIOT (T.S.) Murder in the Cathedral, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED "To Miss Everal Knight from T.S. Eliot, June 15-22, 1935" on the front free endpaper, Faber & Faber, [1935] image 1](/_next/image.jpg?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg1.bonhams.com%2Fimage%3Fsrc%3DImages%2Flive%2F2021-07%2F21%2F25107803-1-1.jpg&w=2400&q=75)
![ELIOT (T.S.) Murder in the Cathedral, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED "To Miss Everal Knight from T.S. Eliot, June 15-22, 1935" on the front free endpaper, Faber & Faber, [1935] image 2](/_next/image.jpg?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg1.bonhams.com%2Fimage%3Fsrc%3DImages%2Flive%2F2021-07%2F21%2F25107803-1-2.jpg&w=2400&q=75)
ELIOT (T.S.) Murder in the Cathedral, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, [1935]
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ELIOT (T.S.)
Footnotes
Presentation copy of the first edition of Murder in the Cathedral inscribed by Eliot to a member of the Chorus for the first production of the play, performed at Canterbury Cathedral from 15-22 June, 1935. The production used a combination of professional actors for the major roles and local talent for the supporting. Marked in this copy are three passages omitted from this opening performance and/or that of the first London production at the Mercury Theatre to where it transferred in 1935. Also transcribed in full is the opening chorus ("Does the bird sing the South!...") omitted from this first edition of the text.