Becket
DRAMATIS PERSONS. HENRY II. son of the Earl ofAnjoti. THOMAS BECKET, Chancellor of England, afterwards Arch- bishop of Canterbury. GILBERT FOLIOT, Bishop of London. ROGER, Archbishop of York. Bishop ofHereford. HILARY, Bishop of Chichester. JOCELYN, Bishop ofSalisbury. JOHN OF SALISBURY ,. . .,. friends of Becket. HERBERT OF BOSHAM WALTER MAP, reputed author of GoliasJ Latin poems against the priesthood. KING Louis OF FRANCE. GEOFFREY, son ofRosamundand Henry. GRIM, a monk of Cambridge. SIR REGINALD FITZURSE SIR RICHARD DE BRITO the four knights of the Kings SIR WILLIAM DE TRACY household, enemies ofBecket. SIR HUGH DE MORVILLE DE BROC OF SALTWOOD CASTLE. LORD LEICESTER. PHILIP DE ELEEMOSYNA. Two KNIGHT TEMPLARS. JOHN OF OXFORD called the Swearer, ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE, Queen of England divorcedfrom Louis ofFrance. ROSAMUND DE CLIFFORD. MARGERY. Knights, Monks, Beggars, etc. BECKE T. PROLOGUE. A Castle in Normandy. Interior of the Hall. Roofs ofa City seen thro Windows. HENRY and BECKET at chess. HENRY. So then our good Archbishop Theobald Lies dying. BECKET. I am grieved to know as much. HENRY. But we must have a mightier man than he For his successor. BECKET. C B Have you thought of one 2 BECKET. PROLOGUE. HENRY. A cleric lately poisond his own mother, And being brought before the courts of the Church, They but degraded him. I hope they whipt him. I would have hangd him. BECKET. HENRY. It is your move. Well there. Moves. The Church in the pell-mell of Stephens time Hath climbd the throne and almost clutchd the crown But by the royal customs of our realm The Church should hold her baronies of me, Like other lords amenable to law. Ill have them written down and made the law. BECKET. My liege, I move my bishop. HENRY. And if I live, No man without my leave shall excommunicate My tenants or my household. PROLOGUE. BECKET. 3 BECKET. HENRY. Look to your king. No man without my leave shall cross the seas To set the Pope against me I pray your pardon. Well will you move B
DramaEuropeanEnglish, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
RELEASED2003
PUBLISHERFredonia Books
LENGTH188
LANGUAGEEN
Alfred Tennyson, 1<sup>st</sup> Baron Tennyson, FRS, much better known as "Alfred, Lord Tennyson," was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular poets in the English language. Tennyson excelled at penning short lyrics, "In the valley of Cauteretz", "Break, Break, Break", "The Charge of the Light Brigade", "Tears, Idle Tears" and "Crossing the Bar". Much of his verse was based on classical mythological themes, such as Ulysses, although In Memoriam A.H.H. was written to commemorate his best friend Arthur Hallam, a fellow poet and fellow student at Trinity College, Cambridge, who was engaged to Tennyson's sister, but died from a cerebral hemorrhage before they were married. Tennyson also wrote some notable blank verse including Idylls of the King, Ulysses, and Tithonus. During his career, Tennyson attempted drama, but his plays enjoyed little success. Tennyson wrote a number of phrases that have become commonplaces of the English language, including: "Nature, red in tooth and claw", "'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all", "Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die", "My strength is as the strength of ten, / Because my heart is pure", "Knowledge comes, but Wisdom lingers", and "The old order changeth, yielding place to new". He is the second most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations after Shakespeare.<sup>[1][1]</sup> [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred,_Lord_Tennyson
Becket
DRAMATIS PERSONS. HENRY II. son of the Earl ofAnjoti. THOMAS BECKET, Chancellor of England, afterwards Arch- bishop of Canterbury. GILBERT FOLIOT, Bishop of London. ROGER, Archbishop of York. Bishop ofHereford. HILARY, Bishop of Chichester. JOCELYN, Bishop ofSalisbury. JOHN OF SALISBURY ,. . .,. friends of Becket. HERBERT OF BOSHAM WALTER MAP, reputed author of GoliasJ Latin poems against the priesthood. KING Louis OF FRANCE. GEOFFREY, son ofRosamundand Henry. GRIM, a monk of Cambridge. SIR REGINALD FITZURSE SIR RICHARD DE BRITO the four knights of the Kings SIR WILLIAM DE TRACY household, enemies ofBecket. SIR HUGH DE MORVILLE DE BROC OF SALTWOOD CASTLE. LORD LEICESTER. PHILIP DE ELEEMOSYNA. Two KNIGHT TEMPLARS. JOHN OF OXFORD called the Swearer, ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE, Queen of England divorcedfrom Louis ofFrance. ROSAMUND DE CLIFFORD. MARGERY. Knights, Monks, Beggars, etc. BECKE T. PROLOGUE. A Castle in Normandy. Interior of the Hall. Roofs ofa City seen thro Windows. HENRY and BECKET at chess. HENRY. So then our good Archbishop Theobald Lies dying. BECKET. I am grieved to know as much. HENRY. But we must have a mightier man than he For his successor. BECKET. C B Have you thought of one 2 BECKET. PROLOGUE. HENRY. A cleric lately poisond his own mother, And being brought before the courts of the Church, They but degraded him. I hope they whipt him. I would have hangd him. BECKET. HENRY. It is your move. Well there. Moves. The Church in the pell-mell of Stephens time Hath climbd the throne and almost clutchd the crown But by the royal customs of our realm The Church should hold her baronies of me, Like other lords amenable to law. Ill have them written down and made the law. BECKET. My liege, I move my bishop. HENRY. And if I live, No man without my leave shall excommunicate My tenants or my household. PROLOGUE. BECKET. 3 BECKET. HENRY. Look to your king. No man without my leave shall cross the seas To set the Pope against me I pray your pardon. Well will you move B
DramaEuropeanEnglish, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
RELEASED2003
PUBLISHERFredonia Books
LENGTH188
LANGUAGEEN
Alfred Tennyson, 1<sup>st</sup> Baron Tennyson, FRS, much better known as "Alfred, Lord Tennyson," was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular poets in the English language. Tennyson excelled at penning short lyrics, "In the valley of Cauteretz", "Break, Break, Break", "The Charge of the Light Brigade", "Tears, Idle Tears" and "Crossing the Bar". Much of his verse was based on classical mythological themes, such as Ulysses, although In Memoriam A.H.H. was written to commemorate his best friend Arthur Hallam, a fellow poet and fellow student at Trinity College, Cambridge, who was engaged to Tennyson's sister, but died from a cerebral hemorrhage before they were married. Tennyson also wrote some notable blank verse including Idylls of the King, Ulysses, and Tithonus. During his career, Tennyson attempted drama, but his plays enjoyed little success. Tennyson wrote a number of phrases that have become commonplaces of the English language, including: "Nature, red in tooth and claw", "'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all", "Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die", "My strength is as the strength of ten, / Because my heart is pure", "Knowledge comes, but Wisdom lingers", and "The old order changeth, yielding place to new". He is the second most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations after Shakespeare.<sup>[1][1]</sup> [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred,_Lord_Tennyson
