You are looking at 1-20 of 317 entries for:
- All: Christopher Fry x
Did you mean Fry, Christopher Fry, Christopher
Fry, Christopher (1907–2005) Quick reference
World Encyclopedia
..., Christopher ( 1907–2005 ) English dramatist , real name Christopher Harris. His witty blank-verse plays are often set in ancient or medieval times. They include A Phoenix Too Frequent ( 1946 ), The Lady's Not for Burning ( 1948 ), and Venus Observed ( 1950...
Fry, Christopher Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature
...of some of Fry's early plays. Evans, Gareth Lloyd . The Language of Modern Drama . London, 1977. Good discussion of the development of the poetic drama movement, with some material on Fry's involvement. Hinchcliffe, Arnold . Modern Verse Drama . London, 1977. Discussion of Fry's evolution as a playwright, in the context of the poetic drama movement. Leeming, Glenda . Christopher Fry . Boston, 1990. An insightful and individual reading of Fry's career; a productive overview. Leeming, Glenda . Poetic Drama . London, 1989. With a chapter on Fry's use of...
Fry, Christopher (1907–2005) Quick reference
Who's Who in the Twentieth Century
..., Christopher ( Christopher Harris ; 1907–2005 ) British dramatist. Born in Bristol, Fry was educated at Bedford Modern School and in 1927 gained his first professional theatrical experience as an actor in Bath. After a spell as a preparatory schoolteacher ( 1928–31 ) he returned to the theatre as director of the Tunbridge Wells Repertory Players ( 1932–35 ). His play The Boy with a Cart was published in 1939 but not produced professionally until 1950 . In the meanwhile he also directed the Oxford Repertory Players ( 1940 ; 1944–46 ) and worked at...
Fry, Christopher Reference library
The Companion to Theatre and Performance
..., Christopher ( 1907–2005 ) English playwright , the most commercially successful writer in the revival of poetic drama in the mid-twentieth century. Unlike *Eliot , Fry pushed poetic language to the foreground, delighting in spiralling metaphors and verbal abundance. The Lady's Not for Burning ( 1948 ) is a romantic medieval *burlesque , set among witch-burners and satirically drawn petty officials. The lightness of his tone and the freedom of the verse proved an attractive antidote to the austerities of post-war London, and the darker themes of the...
Fry, Christopher Reference library
The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre (2 ed.)
..., Christopher [ Christopher Harris ] ( 1907–2005 ), English dramatist, who took his stage name from his grandmother's maiden name. Originally a schoolmaster, he gained his early experience of the theatre in Oxford, and had already written a couple of pageants, a religious play about St Cuthbert entitled The Boy with a Cart ( 1937 ), and, for Tewkesbury, The Tower ( 1939 ), when he first attracted attention with A Phoenix Too Frequent ( 1946 ), a one-act jeu d'esprit . In 1948 The Firstborn (on the early life of Moses) was seen at the Edinburgh...
Fry, Christopher Reference library
The Oxford Companion to American Theatre (3 ed.)
..., Christopher [ né Harris ] ( 1907–2005 ), playwright . The English dramatist's attempt to restore blank‐verse drama to the stage caused a flurry of interest in the 1950s. However, what success his works had in this country could be largely attributed to the allure of the stars who appeared in his plays: The Lady's Not for Burning ( 1950 ) with John Gielgud and Pamela Brown ; A Sleep of Prisoners ( 1951 ), performed in a small church without stars; Venus Observed ( 1952 ) with Rex Harrison and Lilli Palmer ; and The Dark Is Light Enough (...
Fry, Christopher (1907–2005) Quick reference
The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (4 ed.)
..., Christopher ( 1907–2005 ) Playwright , born in Bristol. He made his name with works that were hailed in the late 1940s as a sign of a new renaissance of poetic drama; his mystical and religious plays, including A Sleep of Prisoners ( 1951 ), were frequently compared to those of T. S. Eliot , though the theatre‐going public tended to prefer the ebullient optimism and exuberant word‐play of his comedies, e.g. A Phoenix Too Frequent ( 1946 ), The Lady's Not for Burning ( 1949 ), and Venus Observed ( 1950 ). The Dark is Light Enough ( 1954 ) was...
Fry, Christopher Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English
..., Christopher ( Christopher Harris Fry ) ( 1907–2005 ), British poet and playwright , born in Bristol, the son of a Church of England lay preacher, educated at Bedford Modern School. He later adopted the name of his mother's Quaker family and served in a non-combatant unit in the Second World War. He was a schoolmaster, an actor, and a producer before writing a dramatic tale about St Cuthman, The Boy with a Cart , in 1938 . Much of his subsequent work—for instance, his play about Moses, The Firstborn ( 1948 ), and the pacifist A Sleep of...
Fry, Christopher Reference library
Dan Rebellato
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance
..., Christopher ( 1907–2005 ) English playwright, the most commercially successful writer in the revival of poetic drama in the mid-twentieth century. Unlike T. S. Eliot , Fry pushed poetic language to the foreground, delighting in spiralling metaphors and verbal abundance. The Lady's Not for Burning ( 1948 ) is a romantic medieval burlesque , set amongst witch-burners and satirically drawn petty officials. The lightness of his tone and the freedom of the verse proved an attractive antidote to the austerities of post-war London , and the darker themes...
Fry, Christopher (1907–2005) Reference library
The Oxford Companion to English Literature (7 ed.)
..., Christopher ( 1907–2005 ) Born in Bristol of Quaker stock. He worked as schoolmaster, actor, and theatre director before making his name as a playwright with works that were hailed in the late 1940s as a sign of a new renaissance of poetic drama; his mystical and religious plays, including A Sleep of Prisoners ( 1951 ), were frequently compared to those of T. S. Eliot , though the theatre‐going public tended to prefer the ebullient optimism and exuberant word‐play of his comedies, e.g. A Phoenix Too Frequent ( 1946 , based on Petronius ), The Lady's...
Christopher Fry (1907–2005) Reference library
Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations (3 ed.)
...0Christopher Christopher Fry 1907 – 2005 English dramatist The dark is light enough. title of play (1954) dark is light enough dark is light enough The lady's not for burning. title of play (1949); see thatcher lady 's not for burning lady's not for burning What after all Is a halo? It's only one more thing to keep clean. The Lady's not for Burning (1949) What is a halo one more thing to keep clean Where in this small-talking world can I find A longitude with no platitude? The Lady's not for Burning (1949) small -talking world longitude with...
Christopher Fry (1907–2005) Quick reference
Oxford Essential Quotations (6 ed.)
...0Christopher Christopher Fry 1907 – 2005 English dramatist The dark is light enough. title of play (1954) dark is light enough dark is light enough The lady's not for burning. title of play (1949); see Thatcher lady 's not for burning lady's not for burning I travel light; as light, That is, as a man can travel who will Still carry his body around because Of its sentimental value. The Lady's not for Burning (1949) act 1 What after all Is a halo? It's only one more thing to keep clean. The Lady's not for Burning (1949) act 1 What after all Is a ...
Christopher Fry (1907–2005) Reference library
Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (8 ed.)
...0Christopher Christopher Fry 1907 – 2005 English dramatist The dark is light enough. title of play (1954) dark is light enough dark is light enough I do not know why the necessity of God Should feed on grief; but it seems so. The Firstborn (1948) act 3, sc. 2 necessity of God necessity of God feed on grief The lady's not for burning. title of play (1949); see thatcher lady 's not for burning lady's not for burning What after all Is a halo? It's only one more thing to keep clean. The Lady's not for Burning (1949) act 1 What after all Is a ...
![Fry, Christopher [Christopher Fry Harris]](/view/covers/9780191782947.jpg)
Fry, Christopher [Christopher Fry Harris] (1907–2005) Quick reference
A Dictionary of Writers and their Works (3 ed.)
..., Christopher [Christopher Fry Harris] ( 1907–2005 ) British dramatist and poet Open Door ( 1936 ) Drama The Boy With a Cart—Cuthman, Saint of Sussex ( 1937 ) Drama Thursday's Child, a Pageant ( 1939 ) Drama A Phoenix Too Frequent ( 1946 ) Drama The Lady's Not for Burning ( 1948 ) Poetry Drama Thor, With Angels ( 1948 ) Drama The Firstborn ( 1948 ) Drama Ring Round the Moon [from Anouilh, L'invitation au chateau ] ( 1950 ) Drama Venus Observed ( 1950 ) Drama A Sleep of Prisoners ( 1951 ) Drama The Dark is Light Enough ( 1954 ) ...
![Fry [Harris], Christopher](/view/covers/9780199754724.jpg)
Fry [Harris], Christopher (18 Dec. 1907) Reference library
The Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre
... ( 1946 ), Thor, with Angels ( 1948 ), Venus Observed ( 1950 ), A Sleep of Prisoners ( 1951 ) and Curtmantle ( 1961 ). Fry was also a notable adapter of Anouilh , Rostand , Giraudoux and Ibsen . Dan Rebellato See also verse drama . Glenda Leeming , Christopher Fry (1990) Emil Roy , Christopher Fry (1968) S. Krishna Sarma , Imagery in the Plays of Christopher Fry (1972) Derek Stanford , Christopher Fry ...
Christopher Fry
ear-training Reference library
Christopher Fry and Piers Spencer
The Oxford Companion to Music
...welter of sound of an orchestral tutti. However, whether applied to the making of music or the listening to it, a properly trained ear is not only an essential part of every musician's technical armoury, but is also a considerable advantage to even the most casual listener. Christopher Fry / Piers Spencer G. Pratt , with M. Henson and S. Cargill , Aural Awareness: Principles and Practice (Milton Keynes and Philadelphia,...
