The Complete Plays: The Ruffian on the Stair, Entertaining Mr. Sloan, the Good and Faithful Servant, Loot, the Erpingham by Joe Orton

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by Joe Orton

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Plays like Loot and Entertaining Mr. Sloan are great fun, but What the Butler Saw is a work of high genius, the equal of Wilde and Frayn (there are no greater names in the land of farce). Any collection that contains WTBS deserves a 5-star rating, par principe. (

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jburlinson | Jan 3, 2009 |

The Ruffian on the Stair
Entertaining Mr. Sloan
The Good and Faithful Servant
Loot
The Erpingham Camp
Funeral Games
What The Butler Saw

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This volume contains every play written by Joe Orton, who emerged in the 1960s as the most talented comic playwright in recent English history and was considered the direct successor to Wilde, Shaw, and Coward.

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