Fry, Christopher

Fry, Christopher
► (n. 1907) Dramaturgo británico. Intentó la revalorización del verso en el teatro moderno. Obras: La dama no es para la hoguera y Venus observada, entre otras.

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orig. Christopher Harris

(n. 18 dic. 1907, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Inglaterra).

Dramaturgo británico. Trabajó como actor, director y dramaturgo antes de lograr renombre con La hoguera (1948), una irónica comedia medieval escrita en versos. Fry es conocido por su ingenio y sus obsesiones religiosas. Algunas de sus otras obras en verso son Venus observada (1950), A Sleep of Prisoners (1951), The Dark is Light Enough (1954) y A Yard of Sun (1970). También escribió varias obras dramáticas para televisión, y además colaboró en los guiones de Ben Hur (1959) y Barrabás (1962).

Enciclopedia Universal. 2012.

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  • Christopher Fry — noun English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907) • Syn: ↑Fry • Instance Hypernyms: ↑dramatist, ↑playwright * * * Christopher Fry [Christopher Fry …   Useful english dictionary

  • Christopher — /kris teuh feuhr/, n. 1. Saint, died A.D. c250, Christian martyr. 2. a male given name: from a Greek word meaning Christ bearer. * * * (as used in expressions) Burckhardt Jacob Christopher Christopher Carson Christopher Saint Columbus Christopher …   Universalium

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