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Arthur Burke examines the two facets of Joe Orton. Orton the playwright had a rare ability to delight and shock audiences with such outrageous farces as Loot and What the Butler Saw. Orton the man was a promiscuous homosexual caught up in a destructive relationship with a jealous and violent older man.
In this study - often as irreverent as the plays themselves - Burke dissects Orton's comedy and traces the connection between the lifestyle and the work.
Previously a television critic and comedian, Arthur Burke is a writer and journalist. He has published articles not only on Orton but also on Harold Pinter, John Osborne and many other leading modern dramatists.
ISBN: 1-871551-56-0
Arthur Burke examines the two facets of Joe Orton. Orton the playwright had a rare ability to delight and shock audiences with such outrageous farces as Loot and What the Butler Saw. Orton the man was a promiscuous homosexual caught up in a destructive relationship with a jealous and violent older man.
In this study - often as irreverent as the plays themselves - Burke dissects Orton's comedy and traces the connection between the lifestyle and the work.
Previously a television critic and comedian, Arthur Burke is a writer and journalist. He has published articles not only on Orton but also on Harold Pinter, John Osborne and many other leading modern dramatists.
ISBN: 1-871551-56-0