Polymath playwright Philip Ridley discusses his work
in 20th-Century Drama, New Writing, Playwrights
17th February 2012
INTERVIEW: PHILIP RIDLEY
The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about the first London revival of his 1991 classic, The Pitchfork Disney (currently at the Arcola) and about his new play, Shivered (about to open at the Southwark Playhouse). Substantial extract. Recorded: 12 January 2012.
The Pitchfork Disney started while I was a student at St Martin’s College of Art: part of the course was performance art, and I wrote some long monologues for that.