Ghost From A Perfect Place
2nd Edition
Published on 11. September 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
112 pages
978-1-4742-2762-9 (ISBN)
Description
If you think I'm threatened by you, you're wrong. I'm Travis Flood. I was threatening people before you were born.
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.
This edition of Ghost from a Perfect Place was published to coincide with the first major revival of the play at the Arcola Theatre, London, in September 2014.
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.
This edition of Ghost from a Perfect Place was published to coincide with the first major revival of the play at the Arcola Theatre, London, in September 2014.
Reviews / Votes
Philip Ridley's third stage play is like a lethal cocktail complete with its own antidote. It is nostalgic, sardonic and savage. Its poetry is like a knuckle-duster in words. -- John Peter * Sunday Times * Astonishingly affecting . . . startling * Evening Standard * Lit up by sharp humour . . . the author's quirky imagination at its best * Daily Telegraph * Philip Ridley has the gift of prescience. * Time Out London *More details
Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
131 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4742-2762-9 (9781474227629)
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Additional editions
Philip Ridley
Ghost From A Perfect Place
E-Book
12/2014
1st Edition
Methuen Drama
€13.99
Available for download
Philip Ridley
Ghost From A Perfect Place
E-Book
11/2014
1st Edition
Methuen Drama
€13.99
Available for download
Previous edition
Philip Ridley
Ghost from a Perfect Place
Book
05/1994
Methuen Drama
€32.39
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Person
Philip Ridley was born in the East End of London, where he still lives and works. He is a contemporary artist, poet, novelist, film-maker and one of the country's most celebrated living playwrights. Ridley has been described as 'probably a genius' (Time Out), 'a visionary' (Rolling Stone), 'the master of modern myth' (Guardian) and 'the best British playwright of the last 20 years' (Aleks Sierz, author of In-Yer-Face Theatre).