About Francis R. Pryor
Lived 1862 – 1937 (aged 75). Francis R. Pryor was a playwright.
Francis Robert "Frank" Pryor (30 March 1862 – 4 December 1937) was an English playwright.
He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.
He was the author, jointly with Lizzie Allen Harker, of the 1914 comedy play Marigold, which was turned into a 1938 film Marigold. It was also broadcast on 22 May 1943 as one of the first episodes of BBC Radio's long-running drama strand Saturday Night Theatre. Despite working on a number of plays however, Marigold was his only success. He never married.
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Who was Francis R. Pryor?
British playwright (1862-1937)
When was Francis R. Pryor born?
Francis R. Pryor was born on 30 March 1862.
When did Francis R. Pryor die?
Francis R. Pryor died on 4 December 1937.
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Francis R. Pryor was a playwright.
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