Becket (disambiguation)

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Becket is a Tony Award-winning play about Thomas Becket, written in French by Jean Anouilh.

Becket may also refer to:

In film

• Becket (1923 film), a 1923 film based on the play by Alfred Tennyson
• Becket (1964 film), a 1964 film based on the play by Jean Anouilh

Places

• Becket, Massachusetts, a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States
• The Becket School, a secondary school in Nottingham, England

Mechanics

• Becket, a U-shaped fastener used to hold up a pulley

People with the surname

• Becket Cyrus, Saint Vincentian calypso singer and musician
• Saint Thomas Becket, also (probably incorrectly) Thomas à Becket (1115–1170), martyred Archbishop of Canterbury
• Welton Becket (1902–1969), American architect
• Samuel Beckett (1906–1989), Irish novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet.

See also

• Beckett (disambiguation)
• Beckett Media, a publishing company focused on sports and entertainment titles and online priceguides
• Becket bend, a type of knot joining another line
• Becket hitch, a type of knot connecting another object
  • Double becket hitch, a type of figure-eight knot connecting another object
• St Thomas à Becket Catholic College, a secondary school in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
• Thomas A Becket Junior School, a primary school in Worthing, West Sussex, England
• Thomas Becket Catholic School, a secondary school in Northampton, England