Entertaining Mr Sloane (1974)

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by Joe Orton

Directed & Designed by James Morgan

Performances: Sun 9th – Sat 15th February 1974, Theatre


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Cast

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"An Entertaining Mr Sloane"

Joe Orton's untimely and violent death removed a playwright with some claim to be regarded as the father of the Anything Goes theatre, a man who chewed up taboos for breakfast and spat them out as entertainment.

Such being the case, it is curious to note how oddly old-fashioned, by post-Orton standards, "Entertaining Mr Sloane" has become. So far have we assimilated his violent-erotic world that Mr Sloane, to coin a phrase, seems almost square.

That having been said, the play is still rather strong meat for devotees of traditional comedy, so please don't say I didn't warn you. The attractive Mr Sloane who takes a room in Kath's house already has one murder behind him, and is not done yet.

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