Arnold Ridley

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Plays authored

• Amongst Those Present
• Beggar My Neighbour
• Bellamy
• The Brass God
• Buzz
• Doctor Zander
• East of Ludgate Hill
• Easy Money
• The Flying Fool
• Geranium
• The Ghost Train
• Glory Be –
• The God o’ Mud
• The Great Burnett Mystery
• Half-A-Crown
• Headline
• High Fidelity
• Keepers of Youth
• Meet Mr Lucifer
• Murder Happens
• Needs Must
• Out Goes She
• Peril at End House
• Recipe for Murder
• Royal Eagle
• The Running Man
• Shadows on the Sand
• Tabitha
• Third Time Lucky
• Unholy Orders
• The Wrecker
• You, My Guests!

Past productions

• Adaptation, Peril at End House, Newpalm Productions 8^th – 13^th June 1998, Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne.
• Playwright, The Ghost Train, Gateway Theatre Trust 9^th September – 2^nd October 1982, Chester Gateway Theatre.
• Jack and the Beanstalk 1978 – 1979, Watersmeet Theatre, Rickmansworth.
• Jack and the Beanstalk 1977 – 1978, Theatre Royal, Lincoln.
• Dad’s Army 23^rd August – 4^th September 1976, Theatre Royal, Bath.
• Dad’s Army 3^rd – 15^th May 1976, Alhambra Theatre, Bradford.
• Godfrey, Dad’s Army, Bernard Delfont & Richard M Mills for Bernard Delfont Organisation Ltd, Duncan C Weldon & Louis I Michaels for Triumph Theatre Productions Ltd, and Forum Theatre Billingham 22^nd March – 4^th September 1976, Richmond Theatre, Theatre Royal, Nottingham, and other locations.
• Private Godfrey, Dad’s Army, Bernard Delfont & Richard M Mills for Bernard Delfont Organisation Ltd, Duncan C Weldon & Louis I Michaels for Triumph Theatre Productions Ltd, and Forum Theatre Billingham 4^th September 1975 – 6^th March 1976, Shaftesbury Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London 1963 – Present Day and Forum Theatre, Billingham.
• You Never Can Tell, Everyman Theatre Cheltenham 10^th – 28^th September 1974, Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham.
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 1973 – 1974, Congress Theatre, Eastbourne.
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 1973 – 1974, Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne.
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 1973 – 1974, Gaiety Theatre, Dublin.
• Saul Hodgkin, The Ghost Train, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Company 16^th November – 4^th December 1971, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford.
• Holmes, The Creeper started 10^th April 1967, Golders Green Hippodrome.
• The Archers 1966 – 1967, Radio series.
• Director, The Cat and the Canary, Bill Luckwell and Guy Charles 26^th September – 17^th December 1966, King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, Grand Theatre, Blackpool, and other locations.
• Crossroads 1964 – 1965, Television Production.
• Reverend Wood, Jane Eyre, Hubert Woodward 10^th February – 13^th June 1964, Cambridge Arts Theatre, Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth, and other locations.
• The Diplomatic Baggage 1963 – 1964, Richmond Theatre.
• Twelve Angry Men 1963 – 1964, Queen’s Theatre, (Shaftesbury Ave) London (now Sondheim Theatre, London).
• Sergeant Cork’s Casebook 1963 – 1964, Television Production.
• The Ghost Train 1961 – 1962, Richmond Theatre.
• Mr Kettle and Mrs Moon 1960 – 1961, Alhambra Theatre, Bradford.
• Tom Chadwick, Roar Like a Dove, Laconril Ltd 13^th June – 27^th August 1960, Bristol Hippodrome, Theatre Royal, Nottingham, and other locations.
• A Picture of Autumn 1956 – 1957, Richmond Theatre.
• Ambrose Bryden, You, My Guests!, ‘Q’ Theatre Company 31^st January – 5^th February 1956, ‘Q’ Theatre, London.
• Walter Gabriel, The Archers 1953 – 1954, Alhambra Theatre, Glasgow.
• Walter Gabriel, The Archers 1953 – 1954, Edinburgh Empire.
• Adaptation, Peril at End House, Oxford Playhouse Company 15^th – 27^th September 1952, Oxford Playhouse.
• Director, Hitler’s Mistress, Sensation Productions Ltd started 18^th September 1950, Grand Theatre, Brighton.
• Director, Murder Happens, Gateway Theatre Club started 18^th July 1950, Gateway Theatre Club, London.
• Marshall’s Aid 4^th – 8^th April 1950, Gateway Theatre Club, London.
• Director, The Cat and the Canary, Howard and Waller 18^th October 1948 – April 1949, Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth, Winter Gardens, Morecambe, and other locations.
• / Director, Easy Money 1947 – 1948, Palace Pier Theatre, Brighton.
• Easy Money 1947 – 1948, Grand Opera House, Harrogate.
• Payment Deferred 1945 – 1946, Grand Opera House, Harrogate.
• Murder Happens 1944 – 1945, Grand Opera House, Harrogate.
• Director, The Bishop Misbehaves, The Roy Limbert Malvern Company 27^th December 1943 – 1^st January 1944, Palace Court Theatre, Bournemouth (now Playhouse Theatre, Bournemouth).
• / Director, The Ghost Train 1941 – 1942, ENSA.
• Adaptation, Peril at End House, Circle Theatres Ltd 1^st – 6^th April 1940, Richmond Theatre.
• Director, The Crimson Cocoanut 1939 – 1940, Cambridge Arts Theatre.
• Director, Flood Tide 23^rd March – 2^nd April 1938, Phoenix Theatre, London.
• Director, Royal Eagle 1936 – 1937, Film Version.
• Director, Doctor Zander 1936 – 1937, Film Version.
• Easy Money 1934 – 1935, Princes Theatre, Clacton-on-Sea.
• Director, Will You Play With Me? 1933 – 1934, Little Theatre, London.
• Director, Sunshine House 11^th October – 4^th November 1933, Little Theatre, London.
• Director, Recipe for Murder, Howard Leslie 7^th November 1932 – 21^st January 1933, Duke of York’s Theatre, London, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, and other locations.
• Witch 19^th – 26^th June 1920, Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
• Othello 29^th May – 8^th June 1920, Birmingham Repertory Theatre.

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