Christopher Fry biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Christopher Fry

Author Name:

Christopher Fry

Born As:

Christopher Fry

Other Names:

Christopher Fry

Born:

18 Dec 1907

Died:

30 Jun 2005




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Selected Works:
Plays:

The Lady's Not for Burning - 1948 - representing Spring
Ring Round The Moon - translation  of Jean Anouilh’s L'Invitation au Château - 1950
Venus Observed, - 1950 - representing Autumn
A Sleep Of Prisoners - 1951
The Dark Is Light Enough - 1954 - representing Winter
A Yard Of Sun - 1970 - representing Summer
The Lark - adaptation of Jean Anouilh’s L’Alouette - 1955
Tiger At The Gates, adaption of Jean Giraudoux’s La Guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu, - 955
Curtmantle - 1961
Duel of Angels, adaption of Giraudoux's Pour Lucrèce, in 1960
Judith, adaption from Giraudoux - 1962.
Peer Gyn - translation - Henrik Ibsen’s 
Cyrano de Bergerac - translation - Edmond Rostand’s 
A Ringing Of Bells - 2000

TV:
The Lady’s Not For Burning - 1987

Film:

Ben-Hur - 1959, screnwriter
The Beggar's Opera - adaption from John Gay, in collaboration with John Cannan - 1954
Barabbas - 1961, screnwriter
The Bible 1966, screnwriter.                          
Mother Marguerite Hammond Fry
Father Christopher John Harris                          
                          
Christopher took his mother’s maiden name because he believed her to be related to the 19th-century Quaker prison reformer Elizabeth Fry.