Entertaining Mr Sloane

Published fifty years after the premiere of <i>Entertaining Mr Sloane</i> in 1964 and with a new introduction this anniversary edition offers an opportunity to reappraise Joe Orton's reputation and the status of his first major play from a twenty-first century perspective. <br/><br/>When it first appeared in the Swinging Sixties Orton's satire on social and sexual hypocrisy both scandalized and delighted audiences. Its mix of sexuality and violence was explosive. Within a year the play was being performed around the world and went on to be adapted for film and television establishing Orton as a major voice and this play as one of the most ground-breaking of the century. This anniversary edition features previously unpublished material from the Joe Orton Archive an interview with director Nick Bagnall and an introduction by Emma Parker Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Leicester.