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Ridley was inspired to write the play after becoming stranded overnight at Mangotsfield railway station (a now "lost station", [1] on the defunct Midland Railway Company's main line), during a rail journey through the Gloucestershire countryside.
Arnold Ridley OBE (1896-1984), the British playwright and actor, is probably best remembered as author of the play The Ghost Train, and for his roles of Private Godfrey in Dad's Army and Doughy Hood in the radio soap The Archers.
Ridley's original script was rewritten by Russell and Ridley, with Ridley receiving a "story by" credit negotiated among himself, Russell, and the releasing studio, Warner Bros. [9] Ridley then became a writer and a supervising producer on the NBC crime drama Third Watch.
Aug 15, 2023 · The Ghost Train (Revised) is a new version of Arnold Ridley’s genre-defining The Ghost Train by Jocelyn and Nicolas Ridley. Written in 1923, the play enjoyed an unprecedented, sold-out West End run from November 1925 to March 1927.
Oct 8, 1999 · He wrote the original "Three Kings" screenplay, so why didn't John Ridley get the credit? By EW Staff. Published on October 8, 1999 04:00AM EDT.
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Arnold Ridley’s classic comedy-thriller, The Ghost Train, was first produced in 1925 and has been a firm favourite with professional and non-professional theatre companies ever since. Six passengers find themselves stranded late at night in the waiting-room of an isolated Cornish railway station.
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