Joe Orton is one of those working-class bad-boy authors that the British middle class so enjoys being poked in the eye by. John Osborne, author of Look Back in Anger, preceded him; Martin McDonagh is ...

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When it premiered in 1969, the randiness in the British sex farce "What the Butler Saw" may have offered commentary on the sexual revolution of the time. To audiences today, it may seem more of a nod ...

As the curtain closed on "What the Butler Saw" at its premier in London's West End in 1969, conservative society matrons ripped their programs to shreds, tossed them on stage and left in disgust.

What the Butler Saw is a farcical play by English playwright, John Kingsley “Joe” Orton. First performed in 1969, after Orton’s death, the play is about a doctor in a psychiatric home who tries to ...

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