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What the Butler Saw is a two-act farce written by the English playwright Joe Orton. He began work on the play in 1966 and completed it in July 1967, one month before his death. It opened at the Queen's Theatre in London on 5 March 1969. Orton's final play, it was the second to be performed after his death, following Funeral Games in ...
- Joe Orton
- 1969
15 de oct. de 2016 · Ortonesque. 1.55K subscribers. Subscribed. 1.1K. 388K views 7 years ago. What the Butler Saw was one of several plays shown in the BBC’s Theatre Night strand in 1987. In this production...
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Lo que vio el mayordomo ( What the Butler Saw en su idioma original) es una obra de teatro en dos actos del dramaturgo británico Joe Orton, estrenada en 1969. Argumento. La obra gira en torno al Dr. Prentice, un psiquiatra decidido a seducir a su atractiva secretaria Geraldine Barclay.
4 de mar. de 2019 · Sexual assault. Swinging Sixties. UK theatre. #MeToo. Joe Orton’s final play, a savage parody of social attitudes to sexual coercion, could have been written for the #MeToo generation.
What the Butler Saw, Joe Orton’s final play, is an intensely funny farce set in the sexually charged private clinic of psychiatrist, Dr. Prentice. As the play opens, Dr. Prentice is interviewing the young, attractive Geraldine Barclay to be his new secretary.
In Joe Orton. Sloane (1964), Loot (1965), and What the Butler Saw (produced posthumously, 1969), were outrageous and unconventional black comedies that scandalized audiences with their examination of moral corruption, violence, and sexual rapacity.
What the Butler Saw is a comedy, more specifically the comedic subgenre known as a farce. Orton’s themes, while serious, are intended to amuse. His witty dialogue is reminiscent of that of Victorian playwright Oscar Wilde ( The Importance of Being Earnest ). Like Wilde, Orton offers a criticism and exploration of society’s standards.
