78 Pages
by Routledge

78 Pages
by Routledge

78 Pages
by Routledge

Though Orton’s roots lay in traditions as diverse as those represented by such writers as Wycherley, Congreve, Wilde, Shaw, Carroll, Firbank, Feydeau, Beckett and Pinter, he developed a form of ‘anarchic farce’ which was very much his own – hence the word ‘Ortonesque’. His work was deliberately subversive, not merely of the authority figures which he included in nearly all his plays, but of... Read more

1.Joe Orton and the Death of Character 2. The Early Plays 3. Anarchic Farce 4. Comedy, Farce and the Sexual Image.

Biography

Christopher Bigsby, an award-winning novelist, biographer and theatrical historian, is an emeritus professor at the University of East Anglia. He has written plays for BBC radio and television, was for many years a presenter for BBC Radio 4, is the author of a poetry collection, and has published more than sixty books including studies of British and American playwrights.

Original Review of Malcolm Lowry:

‘An engaged and energetic survey of Lowry’s work, concentrating largely on Under the Volcan but also usefully discussing the rest of the corpus, especially the early short stories…Binns offers an admirable condensed spy-hole onto Lowry’s work.’ Malcolm Lowry Review