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

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