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Ghost from a Perfect Place

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  4w, 1m

Philip Ridley

'If you think I'm threatened by you, you're wrong. I'm Travis Flood. I was threatening people before you were born.'

Ghost from a Perfect Place

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w, 1m
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

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Summary
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.
  • Time Period Contemporary, 1960s
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

“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

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Philip Ridley

Philip Ridley
Philip was born in the East End of London. He studied painting at St Martin’s School of Art. He has written many highly regarded and hugely influential plays: the seminal The Pitchfork Disney, the multi-award-winning The Fastest Clock in the Universe, Ghost from a Perfect Pla ...
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