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Francis Robert Le Plastrier Warner

フランシス・ロバート・ル・プラストリア・ワーナー

Furanshisu Robāto Ru Purasutoria Wānā

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1937-10-21 (Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire, England)
Died
2021-12-07 (Unknown) age 84
Nationality
United Kingdom, England
Languages
English
Religion
Church of England
Residence History
Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire → Epsom

Career

Occupations
poet, playwright, musician, scholar
Active Years
1965-2021
Affiliations
St Peter's College, Oxford, St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Influenced By
C.S. Lewis

Education

Christ's Hospital
Unknown
Country: United Kingdom
London College of Music
Unknown
Country: United Kingdom
St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Unknown
Country: United Kingdom
C.S. Lewis's last graduate student

Awards

Messing Award (St. Louis Literary Award)
1972
Work: Pericope
Organization: St. Louis University Library Associates
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Healing Nature — The Athens of Pericles

1988 Drama

Part of the Agora cycle, depicting Periclean Athens.

Development of Western culture

Virgil and Caesar

1993 Drama

Part of the Roman Trilogy.

Roman Empire

Moving Reflections

1983 Drama

Part of the Roman Trilogy.

Rome

Light Shadows

1980 Drama

Part of the Roman Trilogy.

Rome

Byzantium

1990 Drama

Part of Agora.

Byzantine Empire

Living Creation — Medici Florence

1985 Drama

Part of Europa Tetralogy.

Renaissance

King Francis I

1995 Drama

Part of Europa Tetralogy.

French Monarchy

Goethe's Weimar

1997 Drama

Part of Europa Tetralogy.

Goethe

Rembrandt's Mirror

2000 Drama

Part of Europa Tetralogy.

Rembrandt

A Conception of Love

1978 Drama

Part of Agora.

Love

Emblems

1972 Drama

Maquettes for the Requiem.

Requiem

Troat

1972 Drama

Maquettes for the Requiem.

Requiem

Lumen

1972 Drama

Maquettes for the Requiem.

Requiem

Lying Figures

1972 Drama

Part of Requiem Trilogy.

Requiem

Killing Time

1976 Drama

Part of Requiem Trilogy.

Requiem

Meeting Ends

1974 Drama

Part of Requiem Trilogy.

Requiem

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Lyrical poetryAdvocacy for experimental theatre
Recurring Motifs
Development of Western cultureAgora play cycle

Legacy

Emeritus Fellow of St Peter's College, Oxford, and Honorary Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Known for the Agora cycle of plays.

Trivia

  • C.S. Lewis's last graduate student.
  • Advocated for a Samuel Beckett Theatre in Oxford.