{"product_id":"orton-complete-plays-by-joe-orton-9780413346100","title":"Orton Complete Plays","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I suppose I'm a believer in Original Sin. People are profoundly bad but irresistibly funny,\" Joe Orton.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume contains everything that Orton wrote for the theatre, radio, and television from his first play in 1964, \u003cem\u003eThe Ruffian on the Stair\u003c\/em\u003e, up to his violent death in 1967 at the age of 34. It includes his major successes: \u003cem\u003eEntertaining Mr Sloane\u003c\/em\u003e, which \"made more blood boil than any other British play in the last ten years\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e); \u003cem\u003eLoot\u003c\/em\u003e, \"a Freudian nightmare,\" which sports with superstitions about death - as well as life; his farce masterpiece, \u003cem\u003eWhat the Butler Saw\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe Erpingham Camp\u003c\/em\u003e, his version of \u003cem\u003eThe Bacchae\u003c\/em\u003e, set in a Butlin's holiday resort; together with his television plays, \u003cem\u003eFuneral Games\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Good and Faithful Servant\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume includes a revealing introduction by John Lahr, Orton's official biographer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"He is the Oscar Wilde of Welfare State gentility\" (\u003cem\u003eObserver\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47597469729004,"sku":"9780413346100","price":60.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780413346100-orton-complete-plays.jpg?v=1777952204","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/orton-complete-plays-by-joe-orton-9780413346100","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}