Becket (disambiguation)

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Becket is a play about Thomas Becket, written in French by Jean Anouilh.

Becket may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

  • Becket (Tennyson play), an 1884 play by Alfred Tennyson
  • Becket (1924 film), a silent film based on the play by Alfred Tennyson
  • Becket (1964 film), based on a play by Jean Anouilh

People

  • Samuel Beckett (1906–1989), Irish novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet
  • Thomas Becket (1115–1170), martyred Archbishop of Canterbury and Catholic saint
  • Welton Becket (1902–1969), American architect

Other uses

  • Becket, Massachusetts, United States, a town
  • The Becket School, a secondary school in Nottingham, England
  • Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C.
  • Becket, a U-shaped fastener used to hold up a pulley

See also

  • Beckett (disambiguation)
  • Becket bend, a type of knot joining another line
  • Becket hitch, a type of knot connecting another object
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