In conversation with Joe Orton's friends + family: What the Butler Saw | BFI
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- The family and biographer of playwright Joe Orton discuss the TV adaptation of Orton's play - What the Butler Saw - directed by Barry Davis. Orton, who was murdered 50 years ago, wrote nine plays in his short career. What the Butler Saw, a tragi-comic farce in which a married psychiatrist tries to seduce his prospective secretary, was his final full-length play. This event, which took place on 27th August 2017 at London’s BFI Southbank venue, was chaired by the Guardian's chief theatre critic, Michael Billington.
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Joe’s sister got it right about what he could have gone onto do were he still here.
such a sad, sad early loss of a great talent.
I adore joe orton’s sister , you can get a real feel of his personality, Kenneth was so selfish to kill joe Orton & robbed not only joes future , yet the incredible work he would of gone on to create
Halloween had a horrific life. His mother died in front of him and he came home to find his father's body lying with his head in the gas oven. Imagine that. No wonder he was screwed up. Orton's promiscuity sent Halliwell over the edge. Again someone was leaving him. Can't condone murder but he found life intolerable.
@@stephenreeds3632 I can't help but feel that he would command sympathy if he hadn't taken Joe with him.
Joe finally had a break from Kennith & was able to work independently ...
He was a genius!
Watch it with Timothy West and Prunella Scales etc..........Bloody FAB !!............I didn't like the film of Sloane as much but still enjoyed it.........Loot was in my humble opinion badly cast and directed........I would love to meet the people in this youtube clip, and Leonie always comes across as a really lovely lady........I enjoyed "laid bare" but would have liked to have heard a little more Edna Wellthorpe........Willes seems to have been a bit nasty to me ?
The film versions are just weird. They don't understand in the slightest what Orton was aiming for. Unfortunately Joe wasn't around to offer his perspective.
@@NxDoyle Is it perhaps that the plays are 'unfilmable'? Orton often uses the genre of farce and that style of play absolutely relies on audience reaction.
I personally think that "The Ruffian on the Stair" would work on TV or film, but not the works for which he is best known.
@@Robutube1 Yeah I agree.
Who on Earth did the subtitles on this piece? It's farcical unintentionally!! It's quite Ortenesque! I dont mean to be a grammer snob as that's a peculiar bug bear of mine but calling Orton Wharton?!and Loot Elune...C'mon
It makes a mockery of an interesting dialogue.
Kenneth Williams struggled with this role
He was a genius and a raging homosexual.