ARNOLD RIDLEY   


Arnold Ridley
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Plays by Arnold Ridley

ARNOLD RIDLEY
Beggar My Neighbour
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1st Published:
Evans, London,
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Parts:
Male
4
Female
4
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ARNOLD RIDLEY
Bellamy
1st Produced:
Amateur
1960
Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1960
ISBN
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Genre:
Comedy Farce
Comedy
Parts:
Male
5
Female
4
Parts Other:
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Notes:
written with Anthony Armstrong
Synopsis:
butler looks after the great and the good at Barwell Towers as an alternative to life on the stage
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ARNOLD RIDLEY
East Of Ludgate Hill
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1st Published:
Samuel French Ltd, London
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Comedy
Parts:
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Female
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ARNOLD RIDLEY
Easy Money
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1st Published:
Samuel French Ltd, London
ISBN
9780573011177
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
3
Female
5
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
The Stafford family are all in need of money in one way or the other. They have been secretly doing the football pools - secretly because Grandma who lives with them disapproves. When they find that they have won everything looks good. They all have money for their needs and Grandma in disgust has started to pack her things to move out. Then they discover the maid forgot to post the coupon.
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ARNOLD RIDLEY
Ghost Train, The
1st Produced:
St Martins Theatre, London
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Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1931
ISBN
9780573011559
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Genre:
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Mystery
Parts:
Male
8
Female
4
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
A young man as a prank pulled the communication cord and now six passengers find themselves in a waiting room having missed their connection. It is a dark and stormy night. The station master warns them of a "ghost train" but they decide to stay in the waiting room so that they can catch the first morning train. A young woman in evening dress suddenly turns up and the station master is discovered - dead....
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ARNOLD RIDLEY
High Fidelity
1st Produced:
Colwyn Bay
1964
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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male
4
Female
4
Parts Other:
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Notes:
written with Cedric Wallis
Synopsis:
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ARNOLD RIDLEY
Murder Happens
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1st Published:
Samuel French Ltd, London
ISBN
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Genre:
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Thriller
Parts:
Male
6
Female
6
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Gilbert Bernal runs a small seaside hotel. He is plagued by his invalid wife, Cora - her nagging and bullying. She writes to her sister in Australia telling her that she suspects Gilbert of trying to murder her. Gilbert has fallen in love with Mary who works at the hotel. One night Cora is even more unpleasant than she has ever been and Gilbert resolves to murder her. A guest who was a doctor had accidentally left behind a phial of strychnine. He puts it in her medicine. Six months later Gilbert is happily married to Mary when Cora's sister turns up. She is not happy and has the body exhumed. But no trace of poison is found. It turns out that Cora's nurse forgot to giver her the medicine that night and Cora died of natural causes.
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ARNOLD RIDLEY
Tabitha
1st Produced:
Duchess, London
1956
Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1956
ISBN
9780573014352
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Genre:
Murder
Thriller
Parts:
Male
4
Female
5
Parts Other:
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Notes:
Written Arnold Ridley and Mary Cathcart Borer
Synopsis:
Three old ladies and their cat, Tabitha share an apartment. Their landlady is always up to no good such as helping herself to things in their apartment - especially the whisky - when they are out. Then she goes too far and poisons the cat. The three old ladies plan their revenge. They put some of the poison in the whisky bottle. But as they are going out they have a twinge of conscious and replace the whisky with an unadulterated one. When they come back they hear that the landlady is dead. They think that they must have got mixed up with the bottles. They write a confession and between them drink the bottle of whisky. Next day three rather hung over old ladies are found by the police sleeping it off. It turns out the landlady had been none too careful when she poisoned the cat and accidentally poisoned herself.
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ARNOLD RIDLEY
You, My Guests
1st Produced:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1956
ISBN
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
5
Female
5
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
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