Fry

Fry, Christopher, 1907-2005, English dramatist, b. Bristol as Christopher Fry Harris. Like his friend and mentor, T. S. Eliot, he was one of the few 20th-century dramatists to write successfully in verse. Fry's first major success was The Lady's Not for Burning (1949), a wry comedy set in the Middle Ages in which love overcomes prejudice and hypocrisy. His other works include Venus Observed (1950), The Dark Is Light Enough (1954), Yard of Sun (1970), and English versions of plays by Anouilh (Ring Round the Moon, 1950, The Lark, 1955), Giraudoux (Tiger at the Gates, 1955), Ibsen (Peer Gynt, 1970), and Rostand (Cyrano de Bergerac, 1975). Among his screenplays were Ben Hur (1959; Academy Award) and The Bible (1966).

Fry, Sir Edward, 1827-1918, English lawyer. In 1877 he was made a judge of the high court of justice, and he served (1883-92) as judge of the court of appeal. Later he arbitrated several important international disputes at The Hague.

Fry, Elizabeth (Gurney), 1780-1845, English prison reformer and philanthropist. Deeply religious, she was recognized as a minister by the Society of Friends (Quakers). From 1813 she worked untiringly to improve the conditions of women in Newgate prison, advocating separation of the sexes, employment, and religious training. The success of her methods at Newgate impressed the government and were tried in other prisons. For several years she traveled throughout Europe, visiting penal institutions. Her other philanthropies included the founding of soup kitchens in London.

Fry, Roger Eliot, 1866-1934, English art critic and painter. A champion of modern French schools of art, he introduced Cézanne and the postimpressionists to England. From 1905 to 1910 he was curator of paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 1933 he was made Slade Professor of Fine Arts at Cambridge. Interested in all eras, he consistently stressed the importance of analyzing the formal qualities within a work of art. His writings include Vision and Design (1920), Transformations (1926), Cézanne (1927), and an outstanding collection, posthumously published, Last Lectures (1939).

orig. Christopher Harris

(born Dec. 18, 1907, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Eng.—died June 30, 2005, Chichester, West Sussex) British playwright. He worked as an actor, director, and playwright before achieving success with The Lady's Not for Burning (1948), an ironic comedy in verse set in medieval times. Noted for his wit and his religious preoccupations, he wrote other verse plays, including Venus Observed (1950), A Sleep of Prisoners (1951), The Dark Is Light Enough (1954), and A Yard of Sun (1970). He also wrote several television plays and collaborated on the screenplays of Ben Hur (1959) and Barabbas (1962).

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orig. Christopher Harris

(born Dec. 18, 1907, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Eng.—died June 30, 2005, Chichester, West Sussex) British playwright. He worked as an actor, director, and playwright before achieving success with The Lady's Not for Burning (1948), an ironic comedy in verse set in medieval times. Noted for his wit and his religious preoccupations, he wrote other verse plays, including Venus Observed (1950), A Sleep of Prisoners (1951), The Dark Is Light Enough (1954), and A Yard of Sun (1970). He also wrote several television plays and collaborated on the screenplays of Ben Hur (1959) and Barabbas (1962).

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Fry may refer to the following:

People

Places

• Fry Canyon, Utah
• Fry's Island, in the River Thames
• Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (when F.R.Y. is capitalized)

In cooking

• Frying, a method of cooking in a pan or pot which may involve immersion in a fat
• Pan frying, frying food in a flat pan
• Frying pan, the pan used for this method of cooking
• Stir frying, frying food in a wok and stirring it while it cooks
• Deep-frying, frying food by immersing it in hot oil

• French fries, potatoes cut into batons and deep-fried, or other foods cooked by frying
• Fry sauce, a condiment for use with French fries
• Fry Kids, fictional characters that represent French fries in McDonalds' advertising
• Frylock, a fictional character from Aqua Teen Hunger Force consisiting of a box of French fries

• Meals or activities in which fried food is served:
• Fish fry, especially in the Southern United States
• Fry-up, chiefly in the United Kingdom
• Ulster fry, in Ulster, Ireland

In entertainment

• Fry and Laurie, the comedy act of Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie
• A Bit of Fry and Laurie, the television show featuring this act
• Fry Street (album), an album by Five Times August
• Fry Street Fair, an event in Texas, United States
• Frying the Fat, a compilation album released by Grand Central Records
• Philip J. Fry, protagonist of animated series Futurama
• Fry (Band), Rock and Blues band from Swindon, England

Organizations and businesses

• Fry an Spyrys, a group in Cornwall, England, UK calling for the disestablishment of the Church of England
• Fry Art Gallery, in Essex, England
• Fry's Electronics, a chain of electronics stores located primarily in the western United States
• Frys.com Open, the golf tournament currently sponsored by Fry's Electronics
• Fry's Food and Drug, a supermarket chain in Arizona, United States, owned by the Kroger Company
• J. S. Fry & Sons, a former chocolate manufacturer, now a part of Cadbury Schweppes
• Fry's Chocolate Cream and Fry's Turkish Delight, products first introduced by this company

Other uses

• Fry Readability Formula, a readability metric for English-language texts
• West Frisian language, the ISO 639-2 and ISO 639-3 language codes for which are "FRY"
• Fry, recently-hatched fish which have absorbed their yolk sacs and can hunt and consume live food
• "Frying" is used to describe a psychedelic experience in American slang.

See also

• Fray (disambiguation)
• Frey (disambiguation)
• Fried
• Frye (disambiguation)