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Anne Ridler Biography (1912-2001)

Original name, Anne Barbara Bradby; born July 30, 1912, in Rugby, Warwickshire, England; daughter of Henry Christopher (a school housemaster) and Violet Alice (Milford) Bradby; married Vivian Hughes Ridler (a printer), 1938; children: Jane, Alison, Benedict, Colin. Addresses: Contact--14 Stanley Rd.,Oxford OX4 1QZ, England.

Nationality

English

Gender

Female

Birth Details

July 30, 1912

Rugby, Warwickshire, England

Famous Works

• Writings;Plays
• Cain, produced in Letchworth, England, 1943, then London, 1944, publishedby Editions Poetry London (London), 1943.
• The Shadow Factory: A Nativity Play, produced in London, 1945, publishedby Faber (London), 1946.
• Henry Bly, produced in London, 1947, published in Henry Bly and Other Plays, Faber, 1950.
• The Mask, produced in London, 1951, published in Henry Bly and Other Plays, Faber, 1950.
• The Missing Bridegroom, produced in London, 1951, published in Henry Blyand Other Plays, Faber, 1950.
• The Trial of Thomas Cranmer (music by Brian Kelly), produced in Oxford, England, 1956, published by Faber, 1956.
• Who Is My Neighbour?, produced in Leeds, England, 1961, published with How Bitter the Bread, Faber, 1963.
• The Departure (music by Elizabeth Maconchy), produced in London, 1961, published in Some Time After and Other Poems, Faber, 1972.
• The Jesse Tree: A Masque in Verse (music by Maconchy), produced in Dorchester, England, 1970, published by Lyrebird Press (London), 1972.
• Eritrea (translation of a libretto by Faustini; music by Cavalli), produced in Wexford, Ireland, 1975, published by Oxford University Press (London),1975.
• Orfeo (translation of a libretto by Striggio; music by Monteverdi), produced in Oxford, 1975, then London, 1981, included in The Operas of Monteverdi,J. Calder (London), 1992.
• The Lambton Worm (music by Robert Sherlaw Johnson), produced in Oxford, 1978, published by Oxford University Press, 1979.
• Cosi fan Tutte (translation of a libretto by da Ponte; music by Mozart),produced in London, 1986, published by Perpetua Press (Oxford), 1987.
• Also author of Rosinda (translation of a libretto by Faustini; music by Cavalli), produced in Oxford, 1973, then London, 1975; The King of the GoldenRiver (music by Maconchy), produced in Oxford, 1975; The Return of Ulysses (translation of a libretto by Badoaro; music by Monteverdi), produced in London, 1978; Orontea (translation of a libretto by Cicognini; music by Cesti), produced in London, 1979; Agrippina (translation of a libretto by Grimani; musicby Handel), produced in London, 1982; La Calisto (translation of a librettoby Faustini; music by Cavalli), produced in London, 1984; and The CrucifixionCantata (libretto), 1993. Other translations include Monteverdi's Il Ritornod'Ulisse, 1989, included in The Operas of Monteverdi, J. Calder, 1992; Don Giovanni, 1990; The Marriage of Figaro, 1991; and The Coronation of Poppea, 1992.
• Writings; Play Collections
• Henry Bly and Other Plays, Faber, 1950.
• The Operas of Monteverdi, J. Calder, 1992.
• Writings; Poetry
• Poems, Oxford University Press, 1939.
• A Dream Observed and Other Poems, Editions Poetry London, 1941.
• The Nine Bright Shiners, Faber, 1943.
• The Golden Bird and Other Poems, Faber, 1951.
• A Matter of Life and Death, Faber, 1959.
• Selected Poems, Macmillan (New York), 1961.
• Some Time After and Other Poems, Faber, 1972.
• Italian Prospect: Six Poems, Perpetua Press, 1976.
• Dies Natalis: Poems of Birth and Infancy, Perpetua Press, 1980.
• Poems New and Selected, Faber, 1988.
• Collected Poems, Carcanet Press, 1994.
• Work anthologized in Ten Oxford Poets, 1978. Contributor to periodicals in England and the United States, including New Yorker and Virginia QuarterlyReview.
• Writings; Edited Works
• Shakespeare Criticism, 1919-1935, Oxford University Press (New York), 1936, second edition, 1956.
• Walter de la Mare, Time Passes and Other Poems, Faber, 1942.
• Best Ghost Stories, Faber, 1945.
• A Little Book of Modern Verse, Faber, 1951, revised edition (with MichaelRoberts) published as The Faber Book of Modern Verse, 1957.
• Charles Williams, The Image of the City and Other Essays, Oxford University Press, 1958.
• Williams, Selected Writings, Oxford University Press, 1961.
• Shakespeare Criticism, 1935-1960, Oxford University Press, 1963.
• James Thomson, Poems and Some Letters, University of Illinois Press (Urbana, IL), 1963.
• Thomas Traherne: Poems, Centuries, and Three Thanksgivings, Oxford University Press, 1966.
• (With Christopher Bradby) Best Stories of Church and Clergy, Faber, 1966.
• Selected Poems of George Darley, Merrion Press (London), 1979.
• The Poems of William Austin, Perpetua Press, 1984.
• Editor of A Victorian Family Postbag, 1988.
• Writings; Other
• Olive Willis and Downe House: An Adventure in Education (biography), J. Murray (London), 1967.
• (Coauthor) Profitable Wonders: Aspects of Traherne (criticism), MorehousePublishing (Harrisburg, PA), 1989.
• Author of A Measure of English Poetry (criticism), 1991.
• Contributor to periodicals.

Further Reference

Books:

• Spanos, William V., The Christian Tradition in Modern British Verse Drama, Rutgers University Press (New Brunswick, NJ), 1967.