The Elder Statesman
Ts. Eliot
The Elder Statesman
by Thomas Stearns Eliot
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Synopsis
T. S. Eliot's last play, drafted originally in 1955 but not completed until three years later.
Lord Claverton, an eminent former cabinet minister and banker, is helped to confront his past by the love of his daughter, his Antigone
The dialogue in The Elder Statesman, the love scenes in particular, contain some of Eliot's most tender and expressive writing for the theatre.
The play was first performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 1958.
Publication
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year 1981
Binding Paperback
Pages 70
Language English
ISBN-13 9780571102747
ISBN-10 0571102743
The Elder Statesman is a British play written by Thomas Stearns Eliot and published by Faber & Faber (1981).
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