<p>T. S. Eliot's career as a successful stage dramatist gathers pace throughout the fascinating letters of this volume.<br><br><br>Following his early experimentation with the dark comedy Sweeney Agonistes (1932), Eliot is invited to write the words of an ambitious scenario sketched out by the producer-director E. Martin Browne (who was to direct all of Eliot's plays) for a grand pageant called The Rock (1934). The ensuing applause leads to a com...