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Christopher Fry
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Born in Bristol, Bristol
Born on 18th of December 1907
Died on 30th of June 2005

Born 1907 Died 2005 - English dramatist

Educated at Bedford Modern School. Director of Playhouse, Oxford in 1940. Service in Non-Combatant Corps in WW11. Plays include A Phoenix too Frequent (1946), The Lady’s Not for Burning (1949) and A Yard of Sun (1970).

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article54013 Times Obituary

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