Christopher Fry

THE STORY: Thomas Mendip, a discharged soldier, weary of the world and eager to leave it, comes to a small town, announces he has committed murder and demands to be hanged. A philosophical humorist, Thomas is annoyed when the officials oppose his r

The Lady's Not for Burning

Jean Anouilh

Frederic, who is shy and sensitive, and Hugo, who is heartless and aggressive. Frederic is in love with a hussy who is in love with Hugo. To save Frederic from an unhappy marriage, Hugo tries to distract him by bringing to a ball a beautiful dancer who masquerades as a mysterious personage and becomes the triumph of the occasion. She is a susceptible maiden in her own right. She not only breaks up all the cynical romances that have been going on before she arrived, but loses her own heart as well.-6 women, 8 men

A Charade with Music

Ring Round the Moon

Television play in four parts. Mrs. Gaskell narrates the exploration of the life and times of the Brontes.

The Brontës of Haworth: Play three: Delusion's song. Play four: Rewarding destiny

With Notes and Questions by Douglas Valleau

The Firstborn, a Play in Three Acts

This book brings together for the first time in one volume five of Christopher Fry's most popular plays: The Boy With A Cart, A Phoenix Too Frequent, The Lady's Not For Burning, A Sleep of Prisoners, and Curtmantle. Displaying all the variety and richness that characterize verse drama at its best, the plays appear here in the order in which they were first performed.

Selected Plays

Portrays a man's conversion from the Norse religion to Christianity.

A Play

Thor, with Angels

The Dark is Light Enough, Etc

THE STORY: Atkinson in the NY Times, describes the play: THE DARK IS LIGHT ENOUGH is set in an Austrian country house in the winter of 1848-49 during a futile uprising of the Hungarians against Austrian rule. The play is concerned with the impact

The Dark Is Light Enough

One day the fog comes and covers the boat where Tom lives, and so he sets off to find the sky and the sun and bring them back.

The Boat that Mooed

Cuthman, Saint of Sussex; a Play

The Boy with a Cart

A Play in Three Acts

The Firstborn

First published in 1946, this book contains the complete text of The Firstborn by English playwright Christopher Fry.

Fry demonstrates the vitality, flexibility, and comprehensive range of modern verse drama in two popular plays, and offers a critical assessment of his own work

The Lady's Not for Burning. 2d Ed. ; A Phoenix Too Frequent and an Essay, An Experience of Critics

THE STORY: In this version of the famous Matron of Ephesus, we have a fresh retelling of the story of a pious widow--and her maid--who mourns for the death of her recently deceased husband in the tomb where his bier lies awaiting internment. The maid

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