Loot Contributor(s): Orton, Joe (Author), Mayne, Andrew (Editor), Megson, Chris (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0413567605 ISBN-13: 9780413567604 Publisher: Methuen Drama OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2006 Annotation: "It's Oscar Wilde crossed with Monty Python."-USA Today Lootis a wild parody of detective fiction, adding the blackest farce and jabs at established ideas on death, the police, religion, and justice. This is thestudent edition of Joe Orton's classic farce, first produced in London in 1966. It offers a plot summary, full commentary, character notes, and questions for study, along with a chronology and bibliography. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
Dewey: 822.914 |
Series: Methuen Drama Modern Plays |
Physical Information: 0.34" H x 5.63" W x 7.75" (0.27 lbs) 144 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A black farce masterpiece, Loot follows the fortunes of two notes and questions for study, besides a chronology and bibliography. |
Contributor Bio(s): Megson, Chris: - CHRIS MEGSON is Senior Lecturer in Drama and Theatre at Royal Holloway College, University of London, UK. His recent publications include The Methuen Drama Book of Naturalist Plays (2010); his book on The Seventies, for 'Methuen's Decades of Modern British Playwrighting' series, is forthcoming in 2012. He has published widely on British theatre culture since 1968 and documentary/Tribunal theatre. |