To everyone’s considerable relief, Nicolas Ridley did not follow in his parents’ footsteps and go on the stage. From his father and mother, he inherited several ‘tricks of the trade’ but neither their looks nor their talent, and any lingering theatrical ambitions he may secretly have harboured were blighted by an inexplicable tendency, while performing, to adopt an ersatz Welsh accent and waddle about like a poorly-upholstered duck. Instead he became a random traveller, an uncertain teacher and an accidental publisher. He writes, very slowly, under different names.
Credits
AWL
Writing Credits
| Play | Director |
| Love by the Month | John Melainey |
| Casting About Winner "Shakespeare" Competition |
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| Six O'Clock | |
| Cherry
Blossom Screen 2nd Prize "Whodunit?" Competition |
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| Doing What Comes Naturally | |
| Be
All, End All 2nd Prize "What Did She Say?" Competition |
Writing
Godfrey’s Ghost
The story of a father written by his son. As a young man, Arnold Ridley was chiefly known as the author of the long-running comedy thriller, The Ghost Train. Today he is remembered for his television performances as Private Godfrey, the oldest member of the Dad’s Army platoon. But Dad's Army came towards the close of a long life, and although Arnold Ridley was Private Godfrey, Private Godfrey was not Arnold Ridley.
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