List of Figures List of Abbreviations for T. S. Eliot's Works Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction: The Drama of the Poet Fabio L. Vericat and Dídac Llorens-Cubedo Part I. Avant-Garde 1. T. S. Eliot's Sweeney Agonistes and 'a scenario for a ballet' Gabriela M.

Minden 2. 'Don't make it arty': Sweeney Agonistes as Closet Drama and the Fashioning of the Modernist Playwright Fabio L. Vericat Part II. Ritual 3. A 'disturbance of the quiet seasons': Eco-Spiritual Renewal in Murder in the Cathedral Shannon McClernon 4. Ancient Feast and Urban Sacrifice in The Cocktail Party Christina J. Lambert Part III. The Stage 5.

The Rock on Page and Stage Parker T. Gordon 6. 'Not pulpit oratory': T. S. Eliot's Audience, Christianity and The Family Reunion Nicoletta Asciuto Part IV. Turn 7. Late to The Family Reunion ; or, the Loop in Time Anthony Cuda 8. 'Where is he going?': The Family Reunion , Emily Hale and the Uses of Hope Patrick R.

Query Part V. Popularity 9. A Yorkshire Tragedy? The Family Reunion , the Twentieth-Century Crime Play and Elizabethan Domestic Tragedy Alex Davis 10. The Playwright's Progress: Rethinking T. S. Eliot's Comedies Dídac Llorens-Cubedo Index.