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AND THEIR WORR NO.54Christopher Fryby DEREK STANFORDPublished for The British Counciland The National Book Leagueby Longmans,Green &Co.  \nEW YOR      UTEDF TECHNOLOGY  \nLu Ti  \nNEW YORK   )OF TECHNOLOGY  \nDigitized by the Internet Archivein 2022 with funding fromKahle/Austin Foundation  \nWriters&theirWor  \nChristopher Fr  \nby Derek Stanfor  \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 subjects againstthe background of his time—particularly the contemporary theatre一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 andVenus 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(1954);John Betjeman:a study(1961),and Muriel Spark:a biographical andcritical study(1963).This new edition of his review of Fry includes a con-sideration ofhis recent play,AYard of Sun,which was published in I970.  \nA  \nCHRIST OPHER FRY  \n# CHRISTOPHERFRY\n\nbyDEREK STANFORD  \nPUBLISHED FORTHE BRITISH COUNCILBY LONGMAN GROUP LTD  \nLONGMAN GROUP LTDLongman House,Burnt Mill,Harlow,Essex  \n# Associated companies,branches andrepresentatives throughout the world\n\nFirst published I954Revised,1955,1962,1971CDerek Stanford I962,I97I  \nPrinted in Great Britain by  \nF.Mildner &Sons,London,EC1  \nSBN O s82 OIO543  \nOLD WPSTBRY DORARY  \nR601  \nR9882  \n1971  \nop9","cbCaitMl0A9h3sCs","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitMl0A9h3sCs","pdf",3031920,66,"English","# Introduction to Christopher Fry\n## Life and Outlook\n## Major Works and Themes\n## Analysis of 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