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Modern Classics Ser.: Pitchfork Disney by Philip Ridley (2015, Trade Paperback)

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The Pitchfork Disney by Philip Ridley. First produced in 1991, The Pitchfork Disney heralded the arrival of a unique and disturbing voice that single-handedly changed the face of British drama. Title The Pitchfork Disney.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-101472514009

ISBN-139781472514004

eBay Product ID (ePID)201743968

Product Key Features

Number of Pages128 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NamePitchfork Disney

Publication Year2015

SubjectGeneral, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

TypeTextbook

AuthorPhilip Ridley

Subject AreaDrama

SeriesModern Classics Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight4.6 Oz

Item Length7.7 in

Item Width5.1 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

ReviewsIt's one hell of a play, Philip Ridley's The Pitchfork Disney . . . There's a deep artistry here and a searing vividness of imagination that leaves audiences shocked and subtly changed., "It's one hell of a play, Philip Ridley's The Pitchfork Disney . . . There's a deep artistry here and a searing vividness of imagination that leaves audiences shocked and subtly changed." -- Scotsman, "It's one hell of a play, Philip Ridley's The Pitchfork Disney . . . There's a deep artistry here and a searing vividness of imagination that leaves audiences shocked and subtly changed." -- Scotsman "A drama that defined the era of "in-yer-face" theatre." -- Evening Standard "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." -- Guardian "Flamboyantly grisly first play . . . it blazed a trail for the edgy style that the critic Aleks Sierz dubbed "in-yer-face theatre" . . . in its provocative poeticism, in its mixture of the dreamlike and the dangerous . . . it fed into later works by Jez Butterworth, Mark Ravenhill, Sarah Kane and Anthony Neilson . . . a show that both depicts and deconstructs danger" -- The Times "A cornerstone of the 'in yer face' theatre movement . . . Trauma-riven denial glints darkly in the dank, soiled poetry of Ridley's prose." -- Stage "Unsettling and gripping" -- Sunday Times "A portal through which we access long-suppressed childhood fears from which we emerge with a ghost-train passenger's sense of survival." -- Jewish Chronicle

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Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal822.92

SynopsisPhilip Ridley's great breakthrough work, reissued as part of Methuen Drama's genre-defining series, Modern Classics with a new introduction by Aleks Sierz., The Pitchfork Disney heralded the arrival of a unique and disturbing voice in the world of contemporary drama. Manifesting Ridley's vivid and visionary imagination and the dark beauty of his outlook, the play resonates with his trademark themes: East London, storytelling, moments of shocking violence, memories of the past, fantastical monologues, and that strange mix of the barbaric and the beautiful he has made all his own. The Pitchfork Disney was Ridley's first play and is now seen as launching a new generation of playwrights who were unafraid to shock and court controversy. This unsettling, dreamlike piece has surreal undertones and thematically explores fear, dreams and story-telling. First produced in 1991, it has gone on to be recognised as the annunciation of Ridley's dark and seductive world., '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.' - Guardian Against 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 okay as long as they stay together, inside. But then, one night, Presley sees a beautiful stranger through the window - 18-year-old Cosmo Disney - and, while Haley sleeps, unbolts the front door and lets him in. First produced in 1991, The Pitchfork Disney heralded the arrival of a unique and disturbing voice that single-handedly changed the face of British drama. Vivid and visionary, Philip Ridley's unsettling and dreamlike play offers a prophetic exploration of fear, sexual paranoia, and living in 'alternative worlds'. Published in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series, Ridley's breakthrough work is introduced by Aleks Sierz (author of In-Yer-Face Theatre )., The Pitchfork Disney heralded the arrival of a unique and disturbing voice in the world of contemporary drama. Manifesting Ridley's vivid and visionary imagination and the dark beauty of his outlook, the play resonates with his trademark themes: East London, storytelling, moments of shocking violence, memories of the past, fantastical monologues, and that strange mix of the barbaric and the beautiful he has made all his own... The Pitchfork Disney was Ridley's first play and is now seen as launching a new generation of playwrights who were unafraid to shock and court controversy. This unsettling, dreamlike piece has surreal undertones and thematically explores fear, dreams and story-telling. First produced in 1991, it has gone on to be recognised as the anunciation of Ridley's dark and seductive world.

LC Classification NumberPR6068.I292