FRY, Christopher

FRY, Christopher. British, b. 1907. Genres: Plays/Screenplays, Poetry, Songs/Lyrics and libretti, Autobiography/Memoirs, Translations. Career: Teacher, Bedford Froebel Kindergarten, 1926-27; schoolmaster, Hazelwood School, Limpsfield, Surrey, 1928-31; secretary to H. Rodney Bennett, 1931-32; founding director, Tunbridge Wells Repertory Players, 1932-35; lecturer, and ed. of schs. mag., Dr. Barnardo's Homes, 1934-39; director, 1940, and visiting director, 1945-46, Oxford Playhouse. Publications: Open Door, 1936; The Boy with a Cart: Cuthman, Saint of Sussex, 1938; Thursday's Child: A Pageant, 1939; Phoenix Too Frequent, 1946; The Firstborn, 1946; The Lady's Not for Burning, 1948; Thor, with Angels, 1948; Venus Observed, 1950; A Sleep of Prisoners, 1951; The Beggar's Opera (screenplay), 1953; The Queen Is Crowned (coronation film), 1953; The Dark Is Light Enough: A Winter Comedy, 1954; Ben Hur (screenplay), 1959; Curtmantle, 1961; Barabbas (screenplay), 1962; The Boat That Mooed, 1966; The Bible: Original Screenplay, 1966 (filmed as The Bible: In the Beginning); A Yard of Sun: A Summer Comedy, 1970; The Brontes of Haworth (TV plays), 1975; Sister Dora (TV play), 1977; The Best of Enemies (TV play), 1977; Can You Find Me: A Family History, 1978; Paradise Lost (opera), 1978; One Thing More, or Caedmon Construed, 1986; (ed.) A Sprinkle of Nutmeg, 1992; Early Days, 1997. TRANSLATOR: (and adapter) Ring round the Moon: A Charade with Music, 1950; The Lark, 1955; Tiger at the Gates, 1955; Duel of Angels, 1958; Judith, 1962; Colette, the Boy and the Magic, 1964; Peer Gynt, 1970; Edmond Rostand: Cyrano de Bergerac, 1975. Address: The Toft, East Dean, Chichester, W. Sussex PO18 0JA, England.