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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 822.914 EAN: 9780802132154 Edition: 1st Grove Weidenfeld Evergreen Ed ISBN: 0802132154 Label: Grove Press Manufacturer: Grove Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 448 Publication Date: January 12, 1994 Publisher: Grove Press Studio: Grove Press Related Items:
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 Rating: - The Great Master Of Brutal ComedyAlthough he is considered among England's greatest playwrights, today Joe Orton (1933-1967) is better known for the way in which he died--his head beaten in with a hammer by his long-time lover Kenneth Halliwell--than for his works. It is a bitter and ridiculous irony that might have been lifted from one of his own plays. It is also a great pity, for Orton was a comic genius whose plays equal the best of English with from Congreve to Wilde to Coward. And if you like your comedy with an ample edge ... Read More Rating: - The Best Since Oscar Wilde? "Hal: Bury her naked? My own mum? Its a Fruedian nightmare!"...or something like that. Too bad his own death was an act of violence too Rating: - Droll plays with no redeeming value whatsoever.Tragic, brutal things happen to the characters in these plays. But none of these people is particularly likeable, so you can't really care. It's all just as well for them, in some ways, and it's all in good fun. The characters manipulate each other, lie to each other, steal from each other, screw each other, kill each other, and deny that they do it. Everyone here has the ethics of a doorknob, and it's all pretty enjoyable. The last one, "What The Butler Saw", got a little bit too ridiculously ... Read More Rating: - Orton: Without ApologyThis collection of (the late) Joe Orton's plays is amazing. Not for those who are easily offended or whose feelings are hurt. Orton, who was described as a "poor Oscar Wilde," lived up to the name. His plays are fast paced assults on everything that the British hold dear. There is no respect for religion, custom, death or social norms. Satirical and full of quick wit, Orton's plays attack British culture and spit on everything that the "respectable person," would hold dear. Orton does ... Read More Rating: - Joe Orton: Forever ReleventBeaten to death by his male lover in 1967, Joe Orton has been rediscovered as an intriguing look into the mind and soul of a man who lived ahead of his times. His plays are fascinating and have so many layers that you can enjoy them repeatedly. He also wrote a screenplay for the Beatles, which was never filmed (according to the dustjacket). Now wouldn't that be interesting! 
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