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  • The Pitchfork Disney

    by Philip Ridley ...
    Series series Modern Classics
    'Ridley's play, with its surreal fantasies, has an edgy, alarming potency of its own, the writing unfettered by any expectations of how a play should be.' - GuardianAgainst a backdrop of post-apocalyptic dreams, blood-hungry dogs and labyrinthine nightmares, Presley and his twin sister, Haley, eat chocolate and tell each other stories in order to fend off their darkest fears. Everything will be ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • In the Eyes of Mr Fury

    by Philip Ridley ...
    On the day Concord Webster turned eighteen, the Devil died. The Devil's real name was Judge Martin, but Concord's mother called him the Devil. She said he boiled babies for dinner and made lampshades out of human skin. So why did she, who hated him so venomously, have a key to his house?The key will unlock more than just Judge's front door. It will also unlock a multitude of stories - where magic ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Krays

    by Philip Ridley ...
    Series series Screen and Cinema
    Winner of the 1990 Evening Standard Film Award for Best FilmPost-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 ... Read more

    $60.79 USD

  • Flamingoes in Orbit

    by Philip Ridley ...
    A teenager stares at his reflection and sees the Milky Way. A motorbike prowls and growls like a wild animal. A whale sings a song to end loneliness.Philip Ridley's collection of short stories - like his two adult novels, Crocodilia and In the Eyes of Mr Fury- became an instant cult classic when first published in 1990. Magical, poetic, heartbreaking and humorous, the sequence explores childhood, ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Poltergeist

    by Philip Ridley ...
    Series series Modern Plays
    'Art's my hobby too.' Hobby?!Sasha was destined to take the art world by storm. At the age of fifteen pop stars wanted his paintings, and a new exhibition was going to make him a rich man.But now he serves in a stationers, and no one's even heard of him… what went wrong?Philip Ridley's darkly comic new play is about art, family, memory, and being haunted by the life we never lived.This edition was ... Read more

    $15.39 USD

  • Leaves of Glass

    by Philip Ridley ...
    Series series Modern Plays
    'That's the way it works in this family. Believe what you wanna believe. Twist this. Ignore the other. That's how we survive.'Steven has always tried to be a good person. He works hard. He looks after his family. But, suddenly, everyone starts accusing him of things. His wife accuses him of being unfaithful. His mother accuses him of being coercive. And his brother, Barry, accuses him of...what ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • The Storyteller Sequence

    Karamazoo; Fairytaleheart; Sparkleshark; Moonfleece; Brokenville

    by Philip Ridley ...
    Series series Play Anthologies
    This collection brings together Philip Ridley's one-act plays for young people, known as The Storyteller Sequence, ideal for teenagers to either watch or perform.Karamazoo is a fifteen-minute monologue about one of the coolest, most popular kids in the school, whose recent increase in popularity is the direct result of a character make-over following the death of a parent. A witty and moving ... Read more

    $22.19 USD

  • Tonight With Donny Stixx

    by Philip Ridley ...
    Series series Modern Plays
    It's at times like this I'm inspired by The Stupendous Santini. He toured the mid-West during the 1930s, entertaining farmers affected by the Dust Bowl. No one would have remembered him were in not for the fact that during his most famous trick – sword swallowing – he accidentally punctured a lung and died on the spot. He became a legend.Donny has committed an act that shocked everyone. Tabloids ... Read more

    $15.39 USD

  • The Vespers

    100 Monologues for Everyone

    by Philip Ridley ...
    Series series Audition Speeches
    Have you ever struggled to find the perfect monologue?Do you want to lose yourself in an unforgettable story?Do you want to be…transported?Philip Ridley's The Vespers is a major work by a major writer. 100 original, self-contained monologues for actors (and readers) of all genders, all ages, and all levels of experience. Varying in length, style and structure – from the surreally comic to the ... Read more

    $23.89 USD

  • Ridley Plays 1

    The Pitchfork Disney; The Fastest Clock in the Universe; Ghost from a Perfect Place

    by Philip Ridley ...
    Series series Contemporary Dramatists
    This volume contains Ridley's first three plays, which heralded the arrival of a unique and disturbing voice in the world of contemporary drama. They are seminal works in the development of the 'in yer face' theatre that emerged in Britain during the mid-1990s.The three plays here all manifest Ridley's vivid and visionary imagination and the dark beauty of his outlook. They resonate with his ... Read more

    $26.49 USD

  • Dark Vanilla Jungle and other monologues

    by Philip Ridley ...
    Series series Modern Plays
    It was a very hot day – dazzling sunshine! – and Mum – she was wiping sweat from her neck. No, not wiping. Dabbing . . . Dab . . . Dab. Mum was a beauty. Not like me. And don't tell me I am because you'll be lying and I won't thank you for it. Not today. Not when this whole thing – us, here - is about me telling the truth.The latest from Philip Ridley is a beautiful, breathtaking new drama about ... Read more

    $15.39 USD

  • The American Dreams

    The Reflecting Skin and The Passion of Darkly Noon

    by Philip Ridley ...
    Series series Modern Plays
    "Philip Ridley is a singular writer, a prolific polymath, probably a genius, and the creator of some of the most peculiar, grotesque and compelling British plays (and films) of the last several years" (Time Out)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 ... Read more

    $15.39 USD