Francis Robert "Frank" Pryor (30 March 1862 – 4 December 1937) was an English playwright. Pryor was the youngest son of

Robert Pryor Robert Pryor DL JP (21 April 1812 - 23 August 1889) was an English barrister.The Times, Wednesday, Aug 28, 1889; pg. 8; Issue 32789; col E Obituary. Obituaries Biography Pryor was the second son of Thomas Marlborough Pryor (1777-1821), a ...

of High Elms, Hertfordshire and his wife Elizabeth Caroline née Wyrley-Birch.Burke's Peerage. Pryor of Weston Hall He was educated at

Eton Eton most commonly refers to Eton College, a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. Eton may also refer to: Places *Eton, Berkshire, a town in Berkshire, England * Eton, Georgia, a town in the United States * Éton, a commune in the Meuse dep ...

and

Trinity College Trinity College may refer to: Australia * Trinity Anglican College, an Anglican coeducational primary and secondary school in , New South Wales * Trinity Catholic College, Auburn, a coeducational school in the inner-western suburbs of Sydney, New ...

, Cambridge. He was the author, jointly with

Lizzie Allen Harker Lizzie Allen Harker (née Watson; 1863 – 14 April 1933) was an English author. Amongst her works are the play '' Marigold'' (with Francis R. Pryor), which was turned into a 1938 film '' Marigold''. It was also broadcast on 22 May 1943 as one ...

, of the 1914 comedy play '' Marigold'', which was turned into a 1938 film '' Marigold''. Despite working on a number of plays however, ''Marigold'' was his only success. He was also a director of

Allsopp's Brewery Samuel Allsopp & Sons was one of the largest breweries operating in Burton upon Trent, England. History Origins Allsopp's origins go back to the 1740s, when Benjamin Wilson, an innkeeper-brewer of Burton, brewed beer for his own premises and so ...

, and an Underwriter at Lloyd's of London. An obituary by

Laurence Binyon Robert Laurence Binyon, CH (10 August 1869 – 10 March 1943) was an English poet, dramatist and art scholar. Born in Lancaster, England, his parents were Frederick Binyon, a clergyman, and Mary Dockray. He studied at St Paul's School, London ...

was published in '' The Times''.The Times, Thursday, 16 Dec 1937; pg. 19; Issue 47869; col B Mr. Frank Pryor Mr. Laurence Binyon. Obituaries He never married.

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Plays by Pryor and Lizzie Allen Harker on Great War Theatre

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pryor, Francis Robert 1862 births 1937 deaths People educated at Eton College Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge English dramatists and playwrights