T. S. Eliot, The Elder Statesman

William Baker (Northern Illinois University)

Ed. by Chris Baldick, Goldsmiths College, University of London
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.08: English Writing and Culture of the early Twentieth Century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: Chris Baldick (Goldsmiths College, University of London), Peter Childs (Birmingham Newman University), Louise McDonald (Birmingham Newman University), Andrew Radford (University of Glasgow)

Dates

First circulation or publication Aug 1958

Places

England (Publication/ performance)

Genres and Modes

Play

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The Elder Statesman

is a three-act verse drama by T. S. Eliot, written and rewritten in 1955-58, first produced at the Edinburgh Festival on 25 August 1958 and published in April 1959. This was the last of his verse plays, and is often the least highly regarded. The text described and cited in this article is that of T. S. Eliot’s

Collected Plays

(1962).

The three acts of the play are set in (i) the drawing-room of the just-retired politician and banker Lord Claverton’s London house, one afternoon; (ii) the terrace of a country nursing home on a sunny morning, several days later; and (iii) the same terrace on the following afternoon.

The three acts of the play are set in (i) the drawing-room of the just-retired politician and banker Lord Claverton’s London house, one afternoon; (ii)…

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Citation: Baker, William. "The Elder Statesman". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 23 March 2021 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=981, accessed 25 April 2024.]

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