Christopher Fry

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Christopher Fry was a 20th-century English playwright best known for his verse dramas, including "The Lady's Not for Burning."

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Christopher Fry canonical 7

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instanceOf dramatist ⓘ
person ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
adaptedFrom Jean Anouilh ⓘ
associatedWith West End theatre ⓘ
awardReceived New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Foreign Play ⓘ
birthName Arthur Hammond Harris ⓘ
burialPlace Chichester, West Sussex, England ⓘ
linked to: CHICHESTER
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1907-12-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2005-06-30 ⓘ
educatedAt Bedales School ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
verse drama ⓘ
influenced post-war British verse drama ⓘ
influencedBy George Bernard Shaw ⓘ
T. S. Eliot ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement 20th-century British theatre ⓘ
name Christopher Fry ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
notableFor reviving verse drama on the mid-20th-century English stage ⓘ
notableWork A Sleep of Prisoners ⓘ
The Dark Is Light Enough ⓘ
The Lady's Not for Burning ⓘ
Venus Observed ⓘ
occupation playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bristol, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath Chichester, West Sussex, England ⓘ
linked to: CHICHESTER
religion Quakerism ⓘ
spouse Phyllis Hart Fry ⓘ
workPeriod 20th century ⓘ
wrote A Sleep of Prisoners ⓘ
A Yard of Sun ⓘ
Curtmantle ⓘ
Ring Round the Moon ⓘ
The Boy with a Cart ⓘ
The Brontës of Haworth ⓘ
The Dark Is Light Enough ⓘ
The Firstborn ⓘ
The Lady's Not for Burning ⓘ
Venus Observed ⓘ
wroteScreenplayFor Ben-Hur (1959 film) ⓘ
linked to: Ben-Hur

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