"Joe Orton's last play, What the Butler Saw, will live to be accepted as a comedy classic of English literature" (Sunday Telegraph)
The chase is on in this breakneck comedy of licensed insanity, from the moment when Dr Prentice, a psychoanalyst interviewing a prospective secretary, instructs her to undress. The plot of What the Butler Saw contains enough twists and turns, mishaps and changes of fortune, coincidences and lunatic logic to furnish three or four conventional comedies. But however the six characters in search of a plot lose the thread of the action - their wits or their clothes - their verbal self-possession never deserts them. Hailed as a modern comedy every bit as good as Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, Orton's play is regularly produced, read and studied. What the Butler Saw was Orton's final play.
"He is the Oscar Wilde of Welfare State gentility" (Observer)
| ISBN: | 9780413366801 |
| Publication date: | 22nd May 1969 |
| Author: | Joe Orton |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Methuen Drama an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 92 pages |
| Series: | Methuen Modern Plays |
| Genres: |
Plays, playscripts |
The plot of What the Butler Saw contains enough twists and turns, mishaps and changes of fortune, coincidences and lunatic logic to furnish three or four conventional comedies. But however the six characters in search of a plot lose the thread of the action - their wits or their clothes - their verbal self-possession never deserts them.
What the Butler Saw features in the following genres: Plays, playscripts
Paperback. £10.79, down from the £11.99 cover price. Not Available.
What the Butler Saw was written by Joe Orton and published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing
What the Butler Saw has 92 pages
Yes it is part of Methuen Modern Plays series
£10.79, reduced from £11.99. Not Available.