Christopher Fry

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English poet and playwright (1907-2005)

United Kingdom WritersLived 1907 to 2005 · aged 97

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Christopher Fry was an English poet and playwright. He is best known for his verse dramas, especially The Lady's Not for Burning (1948), which made him a major force in theatre in the 1940s and 1950s.

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Fry (left) at a rehearsal of a revival of A Sleep of Prisoners by the Next Stage Company, Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square, November 1987

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King’s / Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry

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Rosemary MurphyAlso in The Lady's Not for Burning (1974)

Cherie LunghiAlso in The Lady's Not For Burning (1987)

Yvonne FurneauxAlso in The Beggar's Opera (1953)

Arnoldo FoàAlso in Barabbas (1961)

Eleonora Rossi DragoAlso in The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966)

Douglas FowleyAlso in Barabbas (1961)

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