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Christopher Fry

AKA Arthur Hammond Harris

Born: 18-Dec-1907
Birthplace: Bristol, England
Died: 30-Jun-2005
Location of death: Chichester, West Sussex, England
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Religion: Quaker
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Playwright

Nationality: England
Executive summary: The Lady's Not for Burning

Father: Charles John Harris
Mother: Emma Marguerite Hammond Fry
Wife: Phyllis Hart (m. 1936, d. 1987, one son)
Son: Tam

    High School: Bedford Modern School

    Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry 1962
    Benson Medal 2000

Wrote plays:
The Boy with a Cart (1938)
The Tower (1939)
A Phoenix Too Frequent (1946)
The Firstborn (1946)
Thor, With Angels (1948)
The Lady's Not for Burning (1948)
Venus Observed (1950)
A Sleep of Prisoners (1951)
Ring Round The Moon (1952, adaptation)
The Dark Is Light Enough (1954)
The Lark (1955, adaptation)
Tiger at the Gates (1955, adaptation)
Duel of Angels (1960, adaptation)
Curtmantle (1961)
Judith (1962, adaptation)
A Yard of Sun (1970)
A Ringing Of Bells (2000)



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