| 词条 | Ghost from a Perfect Place |
| 释义 |
| name = Ghost from a Perfect Place | image = | image_size = | caption = | writer = Philip Ridley | chorus = | characters = Torchie Sparks (Female, aged 76) Travis Flood (Male, aged 78) Rio Sparks (Female, aged 25) Miss Sulphur (Female, aged 17) Miss Kerosene (Female, aged 12) | mute = | setting = "A dimly lit room in the East End of London" | date of premiere = 7 April 1994 | place = Hampstead Theatre London | country of Origin = Britain | original language = English | series = | subject = | genre = in-yer-face theatre | web = }}{{italic title}} Ghost from a Perfect Place is a two act play by Philip Ridley.[1] It was Ridley's third stage play and premiered at the Hampstead Theatre, London on 7 April 1994. The part of Travis Flood was played to much acclaim by the veteran, classical actor John Wood. The production was the third collaboration between Ridley and director Matthew Lloyd, who had directed all of Ridley's previous stage plays[2] and would go on to direct Ridley's next play for adults Vincent River in 2000.[3]The play is the third and final instalment in Ridley's unofficially titled "East End Gothic Trilogy", having been preceded by The Pitchfork Disney and The Fastest Clock In The Universe.[4][5] The play caused a great deal of controversy at its premiere due to a scene where an old East London gangster, played by Wood, is tortured by a gang of girls. The theatre critic of The Guardian, Michael Billington, described the play as "degrading and quasi-pornographic." As with most of Ridley's work, however, the critical response was deeply divided, with Sheridan Morley describing it as "a masterpiece" and John Peter, of The Sunday Times, declaring, "Ridley's work is an acquired taste and it looks like I'm getting it." The play along with Ridley's The Pitchfork Disney and The Fastest Clock In The Universe grew in reputation years after their initial productions for being seminal works in the development of in-yer-face theatre.[6][7] The terminology for this theatrical sensibility and style was a popularised by Aleks Sierz in his 2001 book In-Yer-Face Theatre: British Drama Today, which also features a section that analyses Ghost from a Perfect Place and its initial reception.[8] Sierz has also cited the play as one of the first to be indirectly called "in-yer-face" by a critic,[9] with Paul Taylor in his review for The Independent describing the girl gang in the play as "the in-yer-face castrating trio".[10] Notable ProductionsWorld Premiere7 April 1994 at Hampstead Theatre, London.
11 September 2014 at the Arcola Theatre, London.
Further reading
References1. ^http://www.bloomsbury.com/author/philip-ridley {{Philip Ridley}}2. ^[https://d2a8mgfo90puea.cloudfront.net/files/cvs/Matthew-Lloyd-CV-with-header.pdf?mtime=20180731200145 CV of director Matthew Lloyd] 3. ^Review by Ian Shuttleworth of the original production of Ridley's 2000 play Vincent River directed by Matthew Lloyd 4. ^{{cite book|last=Rebellato|first=Dan|authorlink=Dan Rebellato |editor-first1=Martin |editor-last1=Middeke |editor-first2= Peter |editor-last2=Paul Schnierer |editor-first3=Aleks |editor-last3=Sierz |date=17 October 2011 |title=The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary British Playwrights |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ee8PpQDofCUC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA426#v=onepage&q&f=false |location=London, Great Britain |publisher=Methuen Drama |page=426 |chapter=Chapter 22: Philip Ridley by Dan Rebellato |isbn=9781408122785}} 5. ^{{cite book |last=Ridley |first=Philip |date=21 October 2015 |series=Modern Classics |title=The Pitchfork Disney |edition=Reissue |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=L77YBgAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false |location=Great Britain |publisher=Methuen Drama |pages=1-24 |isbn=978-1-4725-1400-4 |contributor-first=Aleks |contributor-last=Sierz |contribution=Introduction}} 6. ^{{cite news|author= |title= Philip Ridley On ... Revisiting The Pitchfork Disney |url= http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/01-2012/philip-ridley-on-revisiting-the-pitchfork-disney_5566.html |newspaper= WhatsOnStage.com |location= London |date= 30 January 2012 |access-date=6 April 2016}} 7. ^{{cite book|last= Rebellato|first= Dan|authorlink=Dan Rebellato|editor-first1=Martin|editor-last1=Middeke|editor-first2= Peter|editor-last2= Paul Schnierer|editor-first3= Aleks|editor-last3= Sierz|date= 17 October 2011|title=The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary British Playwrights|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9C4k3GvNl3cC&pg=PA425&dq=pitchfork+disney&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEgQ6AEwBzgUahUKEwichrzjrvLGAhXoCNsKHTw5Bkg#v=onepage&q=pitchfork%20disney&f=false|location=London, Great Britain|publisher= Methuen Drama|page= 441|chapter=Chapter 22: Philip Ridley by Dan Rebellato|isbn=9781408122785}} 8. ^{{cite book |last1=Sierz |first1=Aleks |title=In-Yer-Face Theatre: British Drama Today |date=2001 |publisher=Faber and Faber Limited |location=England |isbn=0-571-20049-4 |pages=41 - 47 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MjcgBQAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PT48#v=onepage&q&f=false |accessdate=17 September 2018}} 9. ^{{cite web |last1=Sierz |first1=Aleks |title=A very short history of in-yer-face theatre |url=http://www.inyerfacetheatre.com/archive22.html |website=In-Yer-Face Theatre |accessdate=17 September 2018 |date=June 2009}} 10. ^{{cite news |last1=Taylor |first1=Paul |title=THEATRE / Hell's belles: Paul Taylor reviews Ghost from a Perfect Place at the Hampstead Theatre |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-hells-belles-paul-taylor-reviews-ghost-from-a-perfect-place-at-the-hampstead-theatre-1369964.html |accessdate=17 September 2018 |work=The Independent |date=14 April 1994}} 11. ^[https://www.arcolatheatre.com/production/arcola/ghost-from-a-perfect-place-by-philip-ridley Webpage of the 2014 London Revival of Ghost From a Perfect Place on The Arcola Theatre Website] 2 : Plays by Philip Ridley|1994 plays |
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