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Plays set in the 12th century

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play by Shakespeare

Nathan the Wise

play by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1779)

Murder in the Cathedral

play by T. S. Eliot

Becket ou l'Honneur de Dieu

Becket or The Honour of God (), often shortened to Becket, is a 1959 stage play written in French by Jean Anouilh. It is a depiction of the conflict between Thomas Becket and King Henry II of England leading to Becket's assassination in 1170. It contains many historical inaccuracies, which the author acknowledged.

play by Victor Hugo

The Lion in Winter

play written by James Goldman

five-act tragedy by Voltaire

The Jewess of Toledo

tragedy written by Franz Grillparzer

Japanese Noh play