Stephen Fry
Autor(a) de Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold
About the Author
Stephen Fry is an award-winning comedian, actor, presenter, and director. He is also the bestselling author of four novels - The Stars' Tennis Balls, Making History, The Hippopotamus, and The Liar-as well as two previous memoirs- Moab Is My Washpot and The Fry Chronicles, the latter of which is mostrar mais available from The Overlook Press. mostrar menos
Disambiguation Notice:
(eng) Note: Both Mrs Stephen Fry and Edna Fry are pseudonyms of Stephen Fry used on: Mrs. Fry's Diary and How to Have an Almost Perfect Marriage.
Image credit: 1996, Oxford
Séries
Obras de Stephen Fry
A bit of Fry and Laurie : raw, trembling, naked sketches from their first BBC TV series (1990) 116 cópias
The Tales of Max Carrados 10 cópias
Fry's English Delight - Series 08 - Ep 1 - Words Fail Me / Ep 2 - Talking About the Weather / Ep 3 - Do You Promise Not… (2015) 4 cópias
Mites, NE 2022 (ARA TEMES CLAU) 3 cópias
QI: The H Series - 3-DVD Set ( QI: The H Series (Series 9) ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ] (2010) 2 cópias
Stalag Luft 2 cópias
Stephen Fry's Inside Your Mind 2 cópias
Kingdom. Series three 1 exemplar(es)
Hidden Kingdoms 1 exemplar(es)
The Canterville Ghost 1 exemplar(es)
The Night Before Christmas — Narrador — 1 exemplar(es)
Kingdom Complete Series 1 exemplar(es)
Stephen Fry Collection (Last Chance to See, Wagner & Me, The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive, Stephen Fry in… 1 exemplar(es)
The Inventor 1 exemplar(es)
Pocoyo: Pocoyo Circus 1 exemplar(es)
The Man Who Knew Infinity 1 exemplar(es)
A Bit Of Fry And Laurie Complete Collection Series 1 - 4 Box [DVD] [Region2] Requires a Multi Region Player 1 exemplar(es)
Stephen Fry's 21st century firsts AppleTV {2020} 1 exemplar(es)
Kingdom - Series 1-3 [DVD] 1 exemplar(es)
The Dongle of Donald Trefusis 1 exemplar(es)
Stephen Fry: Learn Your Tables 1 exemplar(es)
Today's Russia : a literary landscape : Stephen Fry 1 exemplar(es)
Galaxy 1 exemplar(es)
''Playing Oscar'' [New Yorker, June 16, 1997, pp. 82-88.] 1 exemplar(es)
Stephen Fry: Out There [DVD] (120 min) 1 exemplar(es)
Tech Revolution lecture Steven Fry at Hay Festival 2017 1 exemplar(es)
QI : A-F and part of G 1 exemplar(es)
Stephen Fry Presents A Selection of Saki's Short Stories 1 exemplar(es)
Stephen Fry Live at the Sydney Opera House 1 exemplar(es)
Gay Britannia: Celebrating LGBTQ History in Britain 1 exemplar(es)
2018 1 exemplar(es)
Stephen Fry's Key to the City | Documentary | NON-USA Format | PAL | Region 4 Import - Australia 1 exemplar(es)
Fry's English Delight: Series Nine 1 exemplar(es)
Fry's English Delight: Series Ten 1 exemplar(es)
7 Deadly Sins 1 exemplar(es)
Stephen Fry's Greek Myths (3 Book Series) 1 exemplar(es)
Stephen Fry And The Gutenberg Press 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Letters of Note: Volume 1: An Eclectic Collection of Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience (2013) — Narrador, algumas edições — 850 cópias
The Book of General Ignorance : The Noticeably Stouter Edition (2009) — Prefácio, algumas edições — 353 cópias
The Four Horsemen: The Conversation That Sparked an Atheist Revolution (2019) — Prefácio — 259 cópias
Writers on Writing, 2: More Collected Essays from the New York Times (2003) — Contribuinte — 186 cópias
Oscar Wilde's Stories for All Ages (2009) — Introdução; Narrador, algumas edições; Compiler; Editor — 63 cópias
Last Chance to See [2009 TV series] 14 cópias
Absolute Power: The Complete First Season — Actor — 13 cópias
Kingdom: Series 3 8 cópias
The Best of Paddington Bear (Unabridged Audiobook, 3-in-1) (1985) — Reader, algumas edições — 7 cópias
The Discovery of Heaven [2001 film] 5 cópias
Short Stories: the Thinking Man's Collection (Csa Word Short Stories) (2010) — Narrador, algumas edições — 2 cópias
The Dropout [2022 TV miniseries] 2 cópias
BBC Proms 2020 : Prom 01 : First Night of the Proms : Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’ [video recording] (2020) — Interviewed Guest — 1 exemplar(es)
BBC Proms 2016 : Prom 43 : Martha Argerich, Daniel Barenboim and the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra [video recording] (2016) — Special guest — 1 exemplar(es)
Absolute Power: Series 2 1 exemplar(es)
Absolute Power (Series 1, Episode 01-03) 1 exemplar(es)
Stalag Luft [1993 TV movie] 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome padrão
- Fry, Stephen
- Nome de batismo
- Fry, Stephen John
- Outros nomes
- Fry, Mrs Stephen (pseudonym)
Fry, Edna (pseudonym) - Data de nascimento
- 1957-08-24
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- País (para mapa)
- England, UK
- Local de nascimento
- Hampstead, London, England, UK
- Locais de residência
- Booton, Norfolk, England, UK
London, England, UK - Educação
- University of Cambridge (MA | 1981 | Queens' College)
- Ocupação
- actor
writer
comedian
television presenter
film director
administrator (mostrar todas 7)
atheist - Relacionamentos
- Spencer, Elliott (husband)
- Organizações
- Noël Coward Society (vice president)
Cambridge University Quiz Society
British Humanist Association (distinguished supporter)
Dundee University (rector|1992-1998)
Garrick Club (member) - Premiações
- Best Actor (Seattle International Film Festival | 1998)
Pipe Smoker of the Year (2003)
Best Game Show Host (Rose d'Or Light Entertainment Festival | 2006)
Lifetime Achievement Award (British Comedy Awards | 2007)
Special Recognition Award (National Television Awards | 2010)
British LGBT award (Hero of the people | 2019) (mostrar todas 8)
AoC Gold Award (2004)
Commander of the Order of the Phoenix (2021) - Agente
- Anthony Goff (David Higham Associates)
- Pequena biografia
- Best known for his comedic work in the 1980s and 1990s with fellow UK actor Hugh Laurie as half of the comedy team Fry & Laurie, and as Jeeves in the UK television series adaptation of P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves & Wooster books. Has also portrayed Oscar Wilde in the UK film Wilde. Has also worked with Ade Edmonson and Rick Mayall, often guest-starring in their own television series', The Young Ones and Filthy, Rich & Catflap, with comedic partner Laurie.
Has battled bipolar disorder. Is a self-described technology fiend.
Currently spends a lot of time on his iPhone updating his Twitter microblog. - Aviso de desambiguação
- Note: Both Mrs Stephen Fry and Edna Fry are pseudonyms of Stephen Fry used on: Mrs. Fry's Diary and How to Have an Almost Perfect Marriage.
Membros
Discussions
August 2013: "Der Sterne Tennisbälle" von Stephen Fry em Online-Lesekreis (Agosto 2013)
Resenhas
Esta resenha foi escrita no âmbito dos Primeiros Resenhistas do LibraryThing.This review refers to the edition illustrated by Jesús Sotés.
Witty and intelligent and highly readable. Fry spends a good amount of time with the primordial deities, imbuing them with more personality than most authors bother with, and gives some of the less common variations on the more well-known myths.
Jesús Sotés's illustrations are lush and vibrant, but I don't believe they're quite right for this book's humorous tone. I think that Sotés's (truly beautiful) work would be perfect for a lavish children's collection of myths.… (mais)
Witty and intelligent and highly readable. Fry spends a good amount of time with the primordial deities, imbuing them with more personality than most authors bother with, and gives some of the less common variations on the more well-known myths.
Jesús Sotés's illustrations are lush and vibrant, but I don't believe they're quite right for this book's humorous tone. I think that Sotés's (truly beautiful) work would be perfect for a lavish children's collection of myths.… (mais)
This book wasn't quite what I was expecting. I was a little lost right out of the gate; partially because it's VERY British and part because I read the first couple chapters late at night. About halfway through the book I thought I had a pretty good handle on what was going on. I enjoyed the story, getting to know the characters, and slightly cringy bits of story that are outside the "norm." Then the twist at the end surprised and delighted me. I picked this up because I like all things Stephen Fry and he still hasn't disappointed me!… (mais)
more enjoyable than Heroes, largely because this adheres more to the conventionally linear narrative structure. also every time he does the old lady voice in the audiobook i cackle
Listas
Best Satire (1)
United Kingdom (1)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 103
- Also by
- 136
- Membros
- 27,341
- Popularidade
- #750
- Avaliação
- 4.3
- Resenhas
- 572
- ISBNs
- 423
- Idiomas
- 19
- Favorito
- 153
Fry carefully takes the reader through essentially all the key concepts to understand poetry. Metre, looking at poetic feet, enjambment, caesura, sprung rhythm and syllabic poetry among others; Rhyme, exploring types of rhyme including feminine, triple, and rich; Form, in which he interrogates everything from the Pindaric ode to the Villanelle, from the Limerick to the Tanka; and Diction, a brief epilogue on the art of poetry in the 21st century. It is all written in his distinctive style, passionately erudite one second, cheeky the next.
Along the way, Fry includes 20 exercises designed to help the novice poet experiment with forms and styles, while also including plenty of excerpts from poetry dating back to the ancients and forward to the present - as well as his own (deliberately low-key) efforts. For the most part, Fry avoids breathtakingly contemporary styles and blank verse. He notes that these styles are just as important and powerful, but that any artist must begin with an understanding of the basics and the existing work that has been built up over millennia before "breaking free of the pan and doing their own thing", as Elaine Benes would put it.
For some budding poets, this will be rich material. For others, you may not connect with Fry's tone or his focus on the "nuts and bolts" of writing. (I, like Fry, would caution you to reconsider your beliefs!)
Speaking for myself, I don't have any intention of writing poetry, and so I did not do the exercises. For me, the joy of this book was simply in revisiting the breadth of poetic styles in the hands of a master storyteller and armchair academic. With helpful charts, tables, and practical examples along the way, The Ode Less Travelled shines for those of us who still keep bookshelves of reference books. The final 22 pages are a glossary of poetic terms from abecedarian to zeugma (well, there's a couple of joke entries after the latter, but that's for you to enjoy), which will prove equally useful.… (mais)