The Confidential Clerk

The Confidential Clerk

by T. S. Eliot (Author)

Synopsis

The Confidential Clerk was first produced at the Edinburgh Festival in the summer of 1953. 'The dialogue of The Confidential Clerk has a precision and a lightly felt rhythm unmatched in the writing of any contemporary dramatist.' Times Literary Supplement 'A triumph of dramatic skill: the handling of the two levels of the play is masterly and Eliot's verse registers its greatest achievement on the stage - passages of great lyrical beauty are incorporated into the dialogue.' Spectator

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 128
Edition: Main
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 27 Feb 1975

ISBN 10: 0571081622
ISBN 13: 9780571081622
Book Overview: The Confidential Clerk by T. S. Eliot, described by the Spectator as 'A triumph of dramatic skill', and by the Times Literary Supplement as possessing 'a lightly felt rhythm unmatched in the writing of any contemporary dramatist.'

Author Bio
Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in St Louis, Missouri, in 1888. He came to England in 1914 and published his first book of poems in 1917. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. Eliot died in 1965.