Becket

Becket or The Honour of God (French: Becket ou l'honneur de Dieu), often shortened to Becket, is a 1959 stage play written in French by Jean Anouilh. It is a depiction of the conflict between Thomas Becket and King Henry II of England leading to Becket's assassination in 1170. It contains many historical inaccuracies, which the author acknowledged.

This article is about the 1959 play. For other uses, see Becket (disambiguation).
Becket
Original titleBecket ou l'honneur de Dieu (literally "Becket, or the honour of god")
Written byJean Anouilh
Characters
  • Thomas Becket
  • King Henry II
  • King Louis VII
  • Cardinal Zambelli
  • Pope Alexander III
  • Bishop Folliot
  • Brother John
  • Empress Matilda
  • Eleanor of Aquitaine
  • Prince Henry
  • Prince John
Date premiered8 October 1959
Place premieredTheatre Montparnasse
Original languageFrench
SubjectBecket controversy
GenreHistorical drama
Setting12th-century Europe
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