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The Pitchfork Disney
About this book
'Ridley's play, with its surreal fantasies, has an edgy, alarming potency of its own, the writing unfettered by any expectations of how a play should be.' - Guardian
Against a backdrop of post-apocalyptic dreams, blood-hungry dogs and labyrinthine nightmares, Presley and his twin sister, Haley, eat chocolate and tell each other stories in order to fend off their darkest fears. Everything will be okay as long as they stay together, inside. But then, one night, Presley sees a beautiful stranger through the window – 18-year-old Cosmo Disney – and, while Haley sleeps, unbolts the front door and lets him in.
First produced in 1991, The Pitchfork Disney heralded the arrival of a unique and disturbing voice that single-handedly changed the face of British drama. Vivid and visionary, Philip Ridley's unsettling and dreamlike play offers a prophetic exploration of fear, sexual paranoia, and living in 'alternative worlds'.
Published in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series, Ridley's breakthrough work is introduced by Aleks Sierz (author of In-Yer-Face Theatre).
Against a backdrop of post-apocalyptic dreams, blood-hungry dogs and labyrinthine nightmares, Presley and his twin sister, Haley, eat chocolate and tell each other stories in order to fend off their darkest fears. Everything will be okay as long as they stay together, inside. But then, one night, Presley sees a beautiful stranger through the window – 18-year-old Cosmo Disney – and, while Haley sleeps, unbolts the front door and lets him in.
First produced in 1991, The Pitchfork Disney heralded the arrival of a unique and disturbing voice that single-handedly changed the face of British drama. Vivid and visionary, Philip Ridley's unsettling and dreamlike play offers a prophetic exploration of fear, sexual paranoia, and living in 'alternative worlds'.
Published in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series, Ridley's breakthrough work is introduced by Aleks Sierz (author of In-Yer-Face Theatre).
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Information
The
Pitchfork
Disney
99
Presley
Please
don’t
go.
Cosmo
And
I’ve
got
to
get
home.
Curl
up
in
bed.
Presley
Don’t
go.
Cosmo
Get
my
beauty
sleep.
Presley
Don’t.
Cosmo
Shall
I
tell
you
something?
Finishes
unbolting
the
door.
I
never
dream.
Presley
grabs
Cosmo
.
Presley
Stay!
Cosmo
Don’t
fucking
touch
me!
How
many
more
times?
Slight
pause.
Tell
you
what.
Why
don’t
I
bring
Pitch
in
here
to
meet
you.
Say
hello.
Have
a
little
party.
Presley
I’ve
let
enough
people
in.
Cosmo
There
it
is,
you
see.
Once
you
start,
where
do
you
stop?
Cosmo
waits
for
an
answer.
Presley
just
stares.
Cosmo
…
Toodle-oo
then.
Presley
No!
Cosmo
‘No’
what?
Presley
No
…
don’t!
Cosmo
‘No
don’t.’
What’s
that
supposed
to
mean?
You’re
confused,
Mr
Chocolate.
Either
I
go.
Or
I
stay
with
Pitch.
What’s
it
to
be?
Slight
pause.
Table of contents
- FC
- Methuen Drama Modern Classics
- Title
- Copyright
- The Pitchfork Disney
- Dedication
- Quote