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Philip Ridley

PHILIP RIDLEY   (1964 - )

Nationality:   English    Email:   n/a   Website:   n/a

Literary Agent:  Knight Hall Agency Ltd  

Philip Ridley was born in the East End of London and studied Fine Art at St Martin's School of Art. As a writer his credits include nine children's novels - including Krindlekrax (1991), winner of the Smarties Prize, Kasper in the Glitter (1994), nominated for the Whitbread Prize, and Scribbleboy (1997), shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal - and two pieces for younger children. His stage plays are The Pitchfork Disney (1991), The Fastest Clock in the Universe (1992), which won the Meyer-Whitworth Prize, a Time Out Award, and both the Critics' Circle and the Evening Standard Theatre Awards for Most Promising Playwright, Ghost from a Perfect Place (1994), Vincent River (2000), Krindlekrax (premiered by the Birmingham Rep in June 2002) and three plays for young people: Fairytaleheart (Hampstead Theatre, 1998), Sparkleshark (Royal National Theatre, 1999) and Brokenville (2001), which received a Fringe First nomination at the Edinburgh Festival. His short film, The Universe of Dermot Finn (1988), was followed by his screenplay for The Krays (1990), winner of the Evening Standard British Film of the Year Award, and the cult classic The Reflecting Skin (1990) - his first film as both writer and director, which won eleven international awards and was voted one of the Best Ten Films of 1991 by the Los Angeles Times. In 1991 he was awarded the Most Promising Newcomer to British Film at the Evening Standard Film Awards. His second feature film as writer and director, The Passion of Darkly Noon (1995), won the Best Director Award at the Porto Film Festival. The theme song he co-wrote for this film, 'Who Will Love Me Now?', was released as a single by P. J. Harvey. His work has been translated into seventeen languages.

Plays by Philip Ridley

PHILIP RIDLEY

American Dreams, The

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Methuen Drama, London >>>, 1997

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

films

Parts:

Male

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Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

The Reflecting Skin; The Passion Of Darkly Noon

Synopsis:

Ridley's film debut The Reflecting Skin caused a sensation at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival and went on to win eleven international awards. Set in the Idaho farmlands of the 1950s, the film follows eight-year-old Seth through a mythical summer where reality is heightened to the level of an hallucinogenic, quasi-fantasy. The Passion of Darkly Noon is a modern fable; echoing the surrealist style of Ridley's dazzling and innovative debut film. A young man roaming the American countryside, the victim of a savage attack on his religious cult, is rescued by Callie, for whom he develops a dangerous obsession. "Provocative, shocking and disturbing, a true original. . .a masterpiece." (What's On)

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PHILIP RIDLEY

Apocalyptica

1st Produced:

Hampstead Theatre, London >>>

10 Mar 1998

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Methuen

ISBN/ASIN:

978-0413688705

Music:

-

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

A war-zone. A bombed out building. Seven people come together. They tell stories and in finding a way to express the unspeakable they make a journey from alienation to community.
- http://www.arts-archive.co.uk/index.php?pg=12&action=work&genre=P&gname=Play&wid=S2371

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PHILIP RIDLEY

Brokenville

1st Produced:

Essex

04 May 1999

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Faber and Faber, London, 2001

ISBN/ASIN:

978-0571206094

Music:

-

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Genre:

Play for young audience Youth Audience

Parts:

Male

3

Female

3

Parts other:

1b

Notes:

-

Brokenville

In the ruins of a city destroyed by disaster, a group of individuals gather round a sleeping child and begin the difficult process of piecing together their lives through stories

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PHILIP RIDLEY

Chain Play, The

1st Produced:

Olivier Theatre, National Theatre, London >>>

2001

Company:

Conceived and commissioned by Angus Mackenchnie

1st Published:

I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page.

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

8

Female

5

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Written By Terry Johnson, Philip Ridley, Charlotte Jones, Lee Hall, Sebastian Barry, Zinnie Harris, Kevin Elyot, Nick Dear, Tanika Gupta, Frank McGuinness, Nick Stafford, Stephen Sondheim, Colin Teevan, Patrick Marber, David Lan, Sarah Daniels, Martin She

Synopsis:

One off performance of chain writing to celebrate the National Theatre's 25th anniversary. A scene each from all the authors for a performance on one night

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PHILIP RIDLEY

Daffodil Scissors

1st Produced:

Dundee Repertory Theatre, Dundee, Dundee

27 Jan 2010

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Barrington Stoke Ltd

ISBN/ASIN:

9781842991695

Music:

-

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Genre:

Childrens play

Parts:

Male

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Female

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Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Daffodil Scissors

Daffodil lives alone with his mum! And living with mum, well it ain't much fun! Come and meet Daffodil as he tries to beat the bullies, make new friends and meets someone who might change his life forever. . .and his mum's!

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PHILIP RIDLEY

Fairytaleheart

1st Produced:

Hampstead Theatre, London >>>

04 Feb 1998

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Faber and Faber, London, 1998

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Youth Audience

Parts:

Male

1

Female

1

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

The Two fifteen-year-olds confront their lonliness by exploring the language of theatre itself in a derelict community centre

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PHILIP RIDLEY

Fastest Clock In The Universe, The

1st Produced:

New Venture Theatre, Brighton, East Sussex

15 Nov 1992

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

in "Plays: One" Methuen, London, 1997

ISBN/ASIN:

978-1408126714

Music:

-

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

3

Female

2

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Fastest Clock In The Universe, The

Cougar Glass and it is his 30th birthday and he decides to seduce 16 year old schoolboy Foxtrot Darling. However, Foxtrot turns up with his pregnant girlfriend.

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PHILIP RIDLEY

Ghost From A Perfect Place

1st Produced:

Hampstead Theatre, London >>>

1994

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Methuen Drama, London >>>, 1994

ISBN/ASIN:

9780413688606

Music:

-

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

1

Female

4

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Ghost From A Perfect Place

Back in the sixties, Travis Flood and his gang terrorised Bethnal Green. Now, after an absence of 25 years, Travis returns and meets Rio, whose haunting beauty leads him to confront a story that bears no relation to his own distorted memory. And then there's the Cheerleaders. . .a present-day gang, more vicious and terrifying that anything Travis led in the past.

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PHILIP RIDLEY

Karamazoo

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page.

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#66529

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Genre:

Childrens Youth Audience

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

n/a

Further Reference:

-


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PHILIP RIDLEY

Kasper in the Glitter

1st Produced:

- - -

1994

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#57580

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Genre:

Children's Youth Audience

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

n/a

Further Reference:

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PHILIP RIDLEY

Krays, The

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Methuen Drama, London >>>, 1997

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Screenplay Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Post-war East End London. Ronnie and Reggie Kray are school ground bullies brought up by a domineering mother and two devoted aunts. National Service and spells in prison expose the brutality that helps establish the twin brothers as the kings of 1960s gangland London. Philip Ridley's original, uncut screenplay, almost as notorious as its subject matter is a stylised meditation on maternal love, childhood, violence and homoeroticism and takes its place as one of the masterpieces of contemporary cinema.

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PHILIP RIDLEY

Krindlekrax

1st Produced:

Birmingham: Rep, England, EUR >>>

20 Jun 2002

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Faber and Faber, London, 2002

ISBN/ASIN:

978-0571215430

Music:

-

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Genre:

TYA

Parts:

Male

8

Female

3

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Krindlekrax

It is the day for choosing a hero, and Ruskin Splinter wants to be that hero. Unfortunately, the very idea he could defeat the dragon in the school play makes everyone laugh. But in the vast sewers of Lizard Street something is stirring. Something called Krindlekrax. And before long, Ruskin will be testing his heroic qualities . . . for real.

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PHILIP RIDLEY

Leaves Of Glass

1st Produced:

Soho Theatre, London, EUR >>>

03 May 2007

Company:

Soho Theatre

1st Published:

Methuen Drama, London >>>, 2007

ISBN/ASIN:

9780713688580

Music:

-

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#66222

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

2

Female

2

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Leaves Of Glass

On the surface, Steven has everything. A beautiful wife, a successful business, a brand new home. But beneath the glittering veneer lies a monstrous secret . . . 'You believe him cos he wraps all the painful stuff in feathers and flowers. Makes it all safe and cosy. You can't feel the broken glass inside.' Leaves of Glass is a rich, complex play about two brothers and the hold that the past and memory has on them. Haunted by the death of his father and a car accident involving a young child, Steve finds his life unraveling and his pregnant wife unable to comprehend his pain and sense of loss. Known for his dark disturbing dramas, Ridley's latest play is a deeply human drama that shifts between elegy for the past and a chilling exploration of the power of loss and grief.

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PHILIP RIDLEY

Mercury Fur

1st Produced:

Theatre Royal, Plymouth, Devon

11 Feb 2005

Company:

Paines Plough Theatre Company, London >>>

1st Published:

Methuen Drama, London >>>, 2005

ISBN/ASIN:

9780413775146

Music:

-

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

7

Female

1

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Mercury Fur

Elliot is panicking. The party that he and his brother Darren have been planning has been brought forward - to tonight. In a lawless, ravaged city, where memories of the past have been brutally erased, the boys and their team survive by realising their clients' darkest fantasies. But just how far are they prepared to go in trading humanity for information? As the light fades and events spiral out of control it becomes clear that on the success of the evening hangs not just their security, but their existence. The world is at its worst. . .let the party begin. Mercury Fur is a challenging new work containing some explicit scenes that may cause offence.

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PHILIP RIDLEY

Moonfleece

1st Produced:

Cottesloe Theatre, National Theatre, London >>>

09 Jul 2004

Company:

Shell Connections

1st Published:

Methuen Drama, London (2010) >>>

ISBN/ASIN:

978-1408130551

Music:

-

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Genre:

Youth Audience

Parts:

Male

8

Female

3

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Moonfleece

Curtis could be the next big thing in politics, but he's being tormented by sightings of his dead brother. To try and exorcise his demons a seance is held in the very same flat Curtis and his brother grew up in all those years ago. All would have gone to plan were it not for Link and his mysterious friend Zak squatting in Curtis' hallowed ground. It soon transpires that these unexpected and unwanted guests could provide answers to Curtis' torment and the link between him and his dead brother he's been pining for.
- Simon Sladen, British Theatre Guide

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PHILIP RIDLEY

Piranha Heights

1st Produced:

Soho Theatre, London, EUR >>>

15 May 2008

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Methuen Drama, London >>>, 2008

ISBN/ASIN:

9781408109366

Music:

-

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#84363

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

4

Female

1

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Piranha Heights

It's Mother's Day and mother is dead. Now her two sons gather in her home to argue about the truth of their childhood. But a storm is approaching. . . with violent truth all of its own

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PHILIP RIDLEY

Pitchfork Disney, The

1st Produced:

Bush Theatre, London >>>

1991

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

in "Plays: One" Methuen, London, 1997

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

3

Female

1

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Agoraphobic chocoholic twins Presley and Haley Stray are having another night in. But it's interrupted by the arrival of a bizarre nightclub entertainer, Cosmo Disney and the evening assumes a very sinister direction

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PHILIP RIDLEY

Scribbleboy

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Faber and Faber, London, 2006

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#29561

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Years ago, Scribbleboy transformed the gloomy grey concrete of the neighbourhood with his fabulous shapes and colours, until, without warning, he vanished off the face of the earth. Most of the Scribbles were destroyed and only the Scribbleboy Fan Club kept his legend alive.

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PHILIP RIDLEY

Shivered

1st Produced:

Southwark Playhouse, Shipwright Yard, (Corner of Tooley St. & Bermondsey St.), London SE1 2TF >>>

07 Mar 2012

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page.

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

doollee no

#134770

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

A young couple are moving into their new home. A soldier is being held hostage. Two boys are searching for monsters. All these things are connected by both family and time& but what story can be told when family and time are broken? Covering over twelve years, it unpicks the story of two families and then re-weaves it into something new and startling. Seven people, one war, a derelict car plant and mysterious lights in the sky& all come together in the Essex new-town of Draylingstowe, where the view from green hills once offered hope and prosperity for all.

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PHILIP RIDLEY

Sparkleshark

1st Produced:

Cottesloe Theatre, National Theatre, London >>>

1997

Company:

BT/Connections

1st Published:

Faber and Faber, London, 1998

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#51898

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Genre:

Youth Audience

Parts:

Male

6

Female

3

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

n/a

Further Reference:

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PHILIP RIDLEY

Tarantula in Petrol Blue

1st Produced:

Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh, Suffolk

21 Feb 2009

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page.

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#115467

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Genre:

Opera

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

lyrics by Phillip Ridley, music by Anna Meredith

Synopsis:

Street gangs, loners, violence, love: this thrilling new opera is a contemporary urban story, both dark and magical, about a group of young people connected by a web of stories. . . and the giant blue spider that might save them all.
- http://www.arts-archive.co.uk/index.php?pg=12&action=work&genre=O&gname=Opera+or+Operetta&wid=S01163968052

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PHILIP RIDLEY

Tender Napalm

1st Produced:

Southwark Playhouse, Shipwright Yard, (Corner of Tooley St. & Bermondsey St.), London SE1 2TF >>>

19 Apr 2011

Company:

Supporting Wall

1st Published:

Methuen Drama, London (2011) >>>

ISBN/ASIN:

978-1408152874

Music:

-

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#123633

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

1

Female

1

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Tender Napalm

Philip Ridley's play marks a change of direction for the acclaimed, ever restless and maverick writer. Tender Napalm is a high-impact, high-concept two handed play which explores the landscape that is a relationship between a man and a woman. Explosive, poetic, brutal and ultimately redemptive, the play weaves a compelling theatrical tapestry to re-examine and re-define the language of love. This abstract play is cool, slick and savagely romantic. There are no defined settings, narratives or characters. Instead, Tender Napalm is 70 minutes of real time drama: simply a man and woman dissecting their relationship through a mixture of memory, fantasy, and a mixture of the two. And, by doing this, they touch upon zeitgeist concerns of violence, war and faith. Tender Napalm is a showcase of the imaginative, fantastical and magical poeticisms Ridley can achieve from the bleak and brutal themes of war and destruction. This volume also contains five poems from the performance sequence Lovesongs for Extinct Creatures, publishing for the first time extracts from Philip Ridley's cycle of love poetry.

Further Reference:

Theatre Record Volume XXXI (2011) Issue 08 Page 422


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PHILIP RIDLEY

Vincent River

1st Produced:

Hampstead Theatre, London >>>

07 Sep 2000

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Faber and Faber, London (2000) also published Methuen Drama, London >>>,

ISBN/ASIN:

978-1408104491

Music:

-

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#29562

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Genre:

Play/Drama

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Vincent River

Why is the young man following the middle-aged woman? Why is she grieving and what has he to do with it? Philip Ridley's spare and evocative work slides under the surface of fear, hatred and love and discovers that mental scars may not heal entirely but people can begin to understand each other.

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