Christopher Fry
An anti-war verse drama in the form of a modern Passion play. Four English soldiers are locked up for the night in a church turned into a prison camp. Privates King and Able fight and are separated by the other two. All four dream of the row, interpreting it in different Biblical ways.
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Christopher Fry (1907-2005), born in Bristol, England, was one of the few 20th-century dramatists to write successfully in verse. His 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 ...