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  Philip Ridley - playwright
Philip Ridley was born in the East End of London and studied Fine Art at St Martin's School of Art.
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.
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.
www.doollee.com /PlaywrightsR/ridley-philip.html   (913 words)

  
 BBC7 - Big Toe Radio Show - Author Philip Ridley
Philip Ridley comes from Bethnal Green in East London.
Philip has always been interested in telling stories.
Philip's brother was scared of the feel of cold pillows, the sound of next door's telly and the sight of dust in the air.
www.bbc.co.uk /bbc7/bigtoe/books/authors/ridley.shtml   (222 words)

  
 Shopping | Author of the month: Philip Ridley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
For example, he talks readily about the gap between him and his family, his parents' bemused sense of what it is their son does for a living, but there is a rawness that comes across when he describes it.
Ridley has a large extended family of uncles, aunts and cousins, but at home, his mother spent most afternoons in bed.
Ridley looks up, completely absorbed in the piece of paper in his hand, on which he has recorded that phrase from another being, from an inner life so totally different from his own.
shopping.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,5180293-110193,00.html   (848 words)

  
 Philip Ridley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Philip Ridley is a multi-talented artist born in London, England.
One drawing, 'The Black Bird', portraying a man ejaculating a fl bird, was exhibited at the ICA in London while Ridley was still a student and became a cause celebre, with calls for it to be displayed behind a curtain.
Philip Ridley uses theatre as a vehicle for the imagination.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Philip_Ridley   (1383 words)

  
 Philip Ridley - Penguin UK Authors - Penguin UK
Philip Ridley had his own theatre group when he was six, completed his first novel at the age of seven and had his first solo art exhibition at the age of 14.
Ridley confronts contemporary issues like bullying, family breakdown and homelessness from a child's point of view.
Philip has said that his children's books are influenced as much by movies, computer games, comics and pop lyrics as by traditional concepts of the novel.
www.penguin.co.uk /nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,0_1000026653,00.html   (2361 words)

  
 The Rod Hall Agency Limited
Philip is currently working on commissions for the Royal Court Theatre and Soho Theatre.
His play MERCURY FUR commissioned by Paines Plough in a co-production with Drum Theatre, Plymouth, for their THIS OTHER ENGLAND season was a phenomenonal hit (featuring Ben Whishaw and Fraser Ayres and directed by John Tiffany), provoking extreme reactions far and wide to this explosive and uncompromising drama.
Philip was born in the East End of London where he still lives and works.
www.rodhallagency.com /index.php?art_id=000036   (354 words)

  
 C4 - BookBox - Authors - Biography of Philip Ridley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Philip Ridley was born in Bethnal Green, London, where he still lives and where he has set most of his stories.
He wrote his first novel when he was seven and had his first solo art exhibition when he was 14.
Since then, he has written plays for radio, screen and stage, as well as writing novels for adults and children.
www.channel4.com /learning/microsites/B/bookbox/authors/ridley/index.htm   (71 words)

  
 Philip Ridley - The Guide to World Drama   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Born in the East End of London, England, on 27 December, 1967.
He studied painting at St. Martin’s School of Art but considers himself to be a storyteller.
Ridley has won both the Evening Standard’s Most Promising Newcomer to British Film and Most Promising Playwright Awards.
www.4-wall.com /authors/authors_r/ridley_philip.htm   (54 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Reflecting Skin: Video: Philip Ridley,Viggo Mortensen,Lindsay Duncan,Jeremy Cooper,Sheila Moore,Duncan ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Okay, a little teenage horror comedy we have here, but it's the filmstyle of debutant Philip Ridley that sets the tone right away: his training as a professional art painter has taught him all about imagery, (camera) angels, and use of striking colours.
And when the kids make the frog explode, her mysterious pale face is splashed with blood that is redder then the veriest red you've ever seen when you witness a live frog explode.
In the Reflecting Skin Philip Ridley explores a different aspect of themes found in "Passion of Darkly Noon" - the gap between fundamentalist faith teachings and the power of human frailties, this time in the context of the post atomic changes in American society.
www.amazon.com /Reflecting-Skin-Philip-Ridley/dp/6302283620   (2237 words)

  
 Philip Ridley - Moviefone
"Ridley is the master of modern myths." The Guardian.
Philip Ridley on IMDb: Movies, TV, Celebs, and more...
Philip Ridley - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Philip Ridley Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
movies.aol.com /celebrity/philip-ridley/108254/main   (83 words)

  
 CBBC Newsround | UK | Philip Ridley: When I was 12
Philip Ridley is an award-winning author of children's books that deal with all sorts of issues from a child's point of view - with lots of humour.
Here Philip reveals what he was like when he was 12 and his experience with bullying, which is a theme in a lot of his books.
They were always the same - the arts subjects were excellent and then anything to do with science was average and the sports were just rubbish.
news.bbc.co.uk /cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4740000/newsid_4742800/4742823.stm   (979 words)

  
 AMCTV.com SHOW - The Reflecting Skin
Philip Ridley, a former illustrator and novelist, directs this disturbing drama that many reviewers fondly compared to David Lynch's Blue Velvet (1986).
Set in Iowa during the 1950s, the story follows Seth, an 11-year-old boy (Jeremy Cooper) who begins to think his neighbor, the oddly named Dolphin Blue (Lindsay Duncan), is a vampire.
A critic in Rolling Stone wrote, "Ridley is a visionary, and his haunting film, luminously shot by Dick Pope, exerts a hypnotic pull."
www.amctv.com /show/detail?CID=59940-1-EST   (149 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: 01 Philip Ridley Plays: Books: Philip Ridley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Publisher: learn how customers can search inside this book.
Philip Ridley is a singular writer, a prolific polymath, probably a genius.
Some of the most potent and indelible images you're likely to find this side of sleep.
www.amazon.ca /01-Philip-Ridley-Plays/dp/0571210562   (138 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Passion of Darkly Noon: Video: Philip Ridley,Brendan Fraser,Ashley Judd,Viggo Mortensen,Loren Dean,Grace ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Philip Ridley - Director, Philip Ridley - Writer, Dominic Anciano - Producer (producer), Shelly Bancroft - Producer (co-executive producer), Jim Beach - Producer (executive producer), Ray Burdis - Producer (executive producer), Thomas Dierks - Producer (line producer), Frank Henschke - Producer (producer), Alain Keytsman - Producer (producer)...
Written and directed by little-known, Phillip Ridley (The Reflecting Skin), 1995's "The Passion Of Darkly Noon" is an almost ethereal Grimm's twisted fairy-tale that turns quicky into spiraling jealousy, self-mutilation, pyschosis and death.
Well, at least it grows on me. I like Philip Ridley's movies because they usually feature Viggo Mortensen, along with the kind of imagery that my brain produces on its own when it's feeling creative.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/ASIN/6304256868/f3a07   (2509 words)

  
 Ridley,Philip Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
As events spiral out of control, it becomes clear that their survival hangs in the balance.
The Reflecting Skin and The Passion of Darkly Noon form The American Dreams, two cult classics written and directed by Philip Ridley.
Ridley's debut feature The Reflecting Skin caused a sensation at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival and went on to win eleven international awards.
www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Ridley,Philip   (270 words)

  
 philip ridley - Vehicle-Directory.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
To search for published plays by Philip Ridley click on one of the bookstore links above all Plays in print by Philip Ridley.
Philip Ridley : Click on a Play title Philip Ridley Plays Vol 1 "Pitchfork Disney", "Fastest Clock in the Universe", "Ghost from a Perfect Place"; Ridley, Philip Paperback.
English prelate who was executed for refusing to renounce his Protestantism after the accession of the Roman Catholic Mary I. ridley n.
www.vehicle-directory.com /list/philip+ridley.htm   (114 words)

  
 The Reflecting Skin (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The movie is directed by Philip Ridley, and features Viggo Mortensen and Lindsay Duncan.
The film weaves elements of the grotesque, vampirism, child sexual abuse, and religious zealotry throughout its narrative about the perceptions and fantasies of an impressionable pre-adolescent boy and his friends.
At the 1990 Locarno International Film Festival, Ridley won three awards, C.I.C.A.E. Award, the FIPRESCI Prize, and Silver Leopard.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Reflecting_Skin_(film)   (168 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Philip Ridley Plays: "Pitchfork Disney", "Fastest Clock in the Universe", "Ghost from a Perfect Place" ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Philip Ridley Plays: "Pitchfork Disney", "Fastest Clock in the Universe", "Ghost from a Perfect Place" Vol 1 (Contemporary classics) (Paperback)
Ridley has a unique mind, a mind of someone you probably wouldnt want to hang around with for too long, but also the mind of a literary genius.
His play's are original and compelling, if you looking for a play a bit different from the norm, then take any of the examples in this book.
www.amazon.co.uk /Philip-Ridley-Plays-Pitchfork-Universe/dp/0571210562   (595 words)

  
 Philip Ridley: Plays 1; Author: Ridley, Philip; Paperback
Philip Ridley: Plays 1; Author: Ridley, Philip; Paperback
This volume contains Ridley's first three plays, which heralded the arrival of a unique and disturbing voice in the world of contemporary drama.
Prices subject to change to be advised on confirmation of order.
www.netstoreusa.com /pabooks/057/0571210562.shtml   (159 words)

  
 ACQUIS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Philip Ridley was born in London's East End where he lives and works.
His stage plays include THE PITCHFORK DISNEY (Bush Theatre 1991), THE FASTEST CLOCK IN THE UNIVERSE, which won the Meyer-Whitworth Award, a Time Out Award, and both the Critic's Circle and Evening Standard Theatre Awards for Most Promising Playwright, and GHOST FROM A PERFECT PLACE (Hampstead Theatre, 1994).
The ages assigned to the characters are suggestions, but the play is especially suitable for the 11-16 age range.
www.acquis.org.uk /play_uk/ridley_uk.html   (189 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Mercedes Ice: An Urban Fairy Story for Modern Children: Books: Philip Ridley,Chris Riddell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
If you would like to purchase this title, we recommend that you occasionally check this page to see if it has become available.
Dakota of the White Flats by Philip Ridley
Age Ranges > 9-11 Years > Books > Authors > Ridley, Philip
www.amazon.co.uk /Mercedes-Ice-Fairy-Modern-Children/dp/0140368922   (560 words)

  
 Gloucestershire County Council - Philip Ridley - Mightly Fizz Chilla (What to Read)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Philip Pullman - The ruby in the smoke (What to Read)
Philip Ridley - Mightly Fizz Chilla (What to Read)
These pages give you the name and author of a book and then some detail about the plot.
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 Amazon.com: Reflecting Skin: Video: Philip Ridley,Viggo Mortensen,Lindsay Duncan,Jeremy Cooper,Sheila Moore,Duncan ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Philip Ridley - Director, Philip Ridley - Writer, Dominic Anciano - Producer (producer), Jim Beach - Producer (executive producer), Ray Burdis - Producer (producer), Dian Roberts - Producer (co-producer)...
VHS > Directors > (R) > Ridley, Philip
Get FREE gift wrap and shipping on gifts from Philips in the Philips Simplicity Store.
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 Amazon.de: Kasper in the Glitter: English Books: Philip Ridley,Chris Riddell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Amazon.de: Kasper in the Glitter: English Books: Philip Ridley,Chris Riddell
Enticing young people to leave the brightly lit Glitter and join him in the decrepit part of town known as The Gloom, a parent-hating, teenage bully sets himself up as King Streetwise in this plodding British farce from Ridley (Krindlekrax, 1992, etc.).
Kasper Whiskey, having spent all of his ten years with his indolent mother, Pumpkin, in her beauty parlor surrounded by leveled buildings, has never met anyone his age until the day he catches Heartthrob Mink, one of King Streetwise's troops, stealing roses.
www.amazon.de /Kasper-Glitter-Philip-Ridley/dp/0140368914   (681 words)

  
 Philip Ridley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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Find where Philip Ridley is credited alongside another name
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 Stories from the Web - 11 - 14 Area - Play Writing Tips - page 3
Stories from the Web - 11 - 14 Area - Play Writing Tips - page 3
Philip Ridley started his writing career at the tender age of two!
He has written a number of plays, including some for teenagers.
www.storiesfromtheweb.org /sfwolderarea/philipridleybiog.asp   (100 words)

  
 Now Closed, THE PITCHFORK DISNEY by Philip Ridley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Now Closed, THE PITCHFORK DISNEY by Philip Ridley
The Pitchfork Disney, by Philip Ridley, was quite a success.
I worked on the Off-Broadway production with Blue Light Theater Company in New York City several years ago at HERE Space in SoHo.
www.rudykingonline.com /about1.html   (83 words)

  
 Vampire library of Darkness : Reflecting Skin, The, Philip Ridley
Vampire library of Darkness : Reflecting Skin, The, Philip Ridley
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