Mercury Fur

TitleMercury Fur
Year for Search2005
AuthorsRidley, Philip(b. 1964)
Pagination127 pp.
Date Published2005
PublisherMethuen Drama
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsEnglish author, Male author
Annotation

Dystopian play set in future largely destroyed London, where many people are addicted to a drug that causes memory loss. The play focuses on a group of boys in the East End who earn money selling the drug and putting on parties in which wealthy people pay to live out their fantasies. In the part that is the focus of the play, that is the murder of a child.

Info Notes

Play first performed at the Drum Theatre, Plymouth, England February 10, 2005

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Author Note

(b. 1964)

Full Text

2005 Ridley, Philip (b. 1964). Mercury Fur. London: Methuen Drama. 127 pp. PSt

Dystopian play set in future largely destroyed London, where many people are addicted to a drug that causes memory loss. The play focuses on a group of boys in the East End who earn money selling the drug and putting on parties in which wealthy people pay to live out their fantasies. In the part that is the focus of the play, that is the murder of a child. Play first performed at the Drum Theatre, Plymouth, England February 10, 2005.