Dark Vanilla Jungle and other monologues [Paperback]

It was a very hot day ??? dazzling sunshine! ??? and Mum ??? she was wiping sweat from her neck. No, not wiping. Dabbing . . . Dab . . . Dab. Mum was a beauty. Not like me. And don't tell me I am because you'll be lying and I won't thank you for it. Not today. Not when this whole thing ??? us, here - is about me telling the truth.

The latest from Philip Ridley is a beautiful, breathtaking new drama about one girl's craving for family and home, and the lengths she will go to achieve them.

Dark Vanilla Jungleembarked on a national tour of Great Britain in spring 2014.

This edition also features a selection of previously unpublished monologues by Philip Ridley alongside the play.

Philip Ridleywas born in the East End of London, where he still lives and works. He is a contemporary artist, poet, novelist, film-maker and one of the country's most celebrated living playwrights. Ridley has been described as 'probably a genius' (Time Out), 'a visionary' (Rolling Stone), 'the master of modern myth' (Guardian) and 'the best British playwright of the last 20 years' (Aleks Sierz, author of In-Yer-Face Theatre). His plays includeGhost From A Perfect Place,Leaves of Glass,Mercury Fur,Moonfleece,Piranha Heights,The Pitchfork Disney,Tender Napalm,The Fastest Clock in the Universe,The Krays,ShiveredandVincent River.

List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part One: Introductory Essay 1
The Political Economies of Media and the Transformation of the Global Media Industries
Dwayne Winseck, Carleton University
Part Two: From the Singular to the Plural-Theorizing the Digital and Networked Media Industries in the
Twenty-First Century
Principal ongoing mutations of Cultural and Informational Industries
Bernand Mi??ge, Carleton University
Media Ownership, Oligarchies, and Globalization: Media ConcelÃ,