January 2024
The script of Were You Anyone Before, Private Godfrey?, my play about Arnold Ridley, was released in January.
Lance-Corporal William Arnold Ridley
WERE YOU ANYONE BEFORE, PRIVATE GODFREY?
Were You Anyone Before, Private Godfrey? is a two-act play based on the life and career of the author, actor and playwright, Arnold Ridley.
Today Arnold Ridley is best remembered as the actor who played the much-loved character, Private Godfrey, in Dad's Army, one of the nation's favourite situation comedies.
Earlier generations knew him as the author of the immensely successful comdey-thriller, The Ghost Train, and a string of other West End plays.
Were You Anyone Before, Private Godfrey? is the life-affirming story of a remarkable man who, faced with more than his share of life's vicissitudes, met both succees and catastrophe with courage, resilience and good humour.
If you would like to receive a printed copy of the script while it is still available, please email Nicolas Ridley.