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Objective: Author. Joe Orton is an English playwright. In a short but prolific career, lasting from 1964 until his death in 1967, he shocks, outrages and amuses audiences with his scandalous black comedies. Ortonesque becomes a recognized term for "outrageously macabre". Today's class begins the introduction of Entertaining Mr. Sloane by examining the playwright, his life, career, and other works.

1) Class Discussion: Introduce the play and the playwright to the class. Entertaining Mr. Sloane is a three act dark comedy set in England and written by the British playwright Joe Orton. During Orton's short but prolific career, lasting from 1964 until his death, he shocks, outrages and amuses audiences with his scandalous black comedies. Ortonesque becomes a recognized term for "outrageously macabre".

Orton's untimely death and gruesome murder in 1967 comes at the height of his career. Entertaining Mr. Sloane is his first major success, produced in 1964, and embodies the dark...

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