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\nPublished for The British Counciland The National Book Leagueby Longmans,Green &Co.  \nPrice $1.00Sole Agents U.SA.The British Book CentreElmsfordNew York  \n‘The mainspring of Fry's work’,says Mr.Stanford in this informedappreciation,is his intuition of the presence of mystery.'Mr.Stanford'sanalysis of the plays is shrewd and thorough.He sets his subject againstthe background of his time—particularly the contemporary theatre—and provides the reader with enough of the facts of Fry's life to enhanceunderstanding of his outlook.  \nChristopher Fry's plays,particularly The Lady's Not for Burning andVerus Observed,are admired far beyond his own country.Mr.Stanford,who,some years ago,published the first book on Fry's work,providesherein a briefer but equally sympathetic interpretation of a man whohas done so much to revive poetic drama for the new Elizabethan age.  \nMr.Stanford's own work includes Dylan Thomas:a literary study;The Freedom of Poetry:critical essays;and Emily Bronte:Her Life andWork(in conjunction with Muriel Spark).This new edition of his reviewof Fry includes a consideration of his recent play,Curtmantle,which waspublished in I961.  \n# Bibliographical Series\n\nof Supplements to 'British Books News'on Writers and Their Work  \nGENERAL EDITORBonamy Dobree  \n822  \nStanford  \nF946C  \nChristopher Fry  \nS785c  \nCHRISTIAN HERITAGE COLLEGE  \n2100 Greenfield Dr.  \nEI Cajon,CA 92021  \nCamera Press  \nPhotograph by Tom L.Blav.  \nCHRISTOPHER FRY  \nS785c  \nCHRISTOPHERFRY  \nby DEREK STANFORD  \nPUBLISHED FOR  \nTHE BRITISH COUNCILand the NATIONAL BOOK LEAGUEby LONGMANS,GREEN &CO.  \n70301  \nLONGMANS,GREEN &co.LTD.48 Grosvenor Street,London,W.IRailway Crescent,Croydon,Victoria,AustraliaAuckland,Kingston(Jamaica),Lahore,Nairobi  \nLONGMANS sOUTHERN AFRICA(PTY)LTD.Thibault House,Thibault Square,Cape TownJohannesburg,Salisbury  \nLONGMANS OF NIGERIA LTD.W.R.Industrial Estate,Ikeja  \nLONGMANS OF GHANA LTD.Industrial Estate,Ring Road South,Accra  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