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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 ...
15 de oct. de 2016 · What the Butler Saw was one of several plays shown in the BBC’s Theatre Night strand in 1987. In this production Dinsdale Landen plays Dr Prentice with Prunella Scales playing Mrs Prentice.
A play about a psychiatrist who tries to seduce his new secretary while his wife is blackmailing a young man who claims to be their son. Chaos ensues as they all disrobe, swap clothes, and reveal their incestuous past in a hilarious and absurd plot.
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.
What the Butler Saw ( "Lo que el mayordomo vio" en español), es una secuencia cinematográfica que fue rodada para ser exhibida en bucle en los mutoscopios (unas máquinas tragaperras diseñadas para el pase individual de películas cortas).
What the Butler Saw ("Lo que el mayordomo vio" en español), es una secuencia cinematográfica que fue rodada para ser exhibida en bucle en los mutoscopios (unas máquinas tragaperras diseñadas para el pase individual de películas cortas).
His three full-length plays, Entertaining Mr. 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.
