ENTERTAINING MR. SLOANE : Blowsy landlady Kath and her sexually repressed brother Ed rent Sloane a room and proceeed to "entertain" him by seducing the seemingly hapless young man. But when their old Pa recognizes Sloane for what he is, a feckless murderer, he too is killed by the ruthless hustler. As witnesses, sibling rivals Kath and Ed come to a fair settlement regarding the ultimate dispensation of Mr. Sloane's services.

THE GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT : A savage study of the disintegration of an old man when he retires after fifty sterile years in the service of a factory. More badgered than solaced by the attentions of the personnel officer and the works club for retired employees, George Buchanan's belated search for happiness lurches breathtakingly from moments of hilarity to moments of extreme pathos.

LOOT : A masterpiece of black farce, Loot follows the fortunes of two young thieves. Dennis works for an undertaker. Hal's old Mum has just died. They rob the bank next door to the funeral parlour and find just the place to hide the loot. With the money hidden in Mum's coffin, there's no place for Mum whose body keeps re-appearing at the most inopportune times. When Inspector Truscott turns up, the already thickened plot goes topsy-turvy. Loot saw its premiere in London in 1966 and remains on of the most potent works from this master of the macabre.

THE ERPINGHAM CAMP : At a camp for grown ups we encounter a woman of all work who plays a concertina, an activities director who is a frustrated master of ceremonies, a padre who doesn't know what day it is and an expectant couple. During a free for all that breaks out, the headmaster falls through the floor onto dancers below, killing several of them.

FUNERAL GAMES : A play more outrageous, if possible, than Loot and as cracklingly witty. "One imagines Orton, although dealing with bogus religion, a severed hand and a corpse in the cellar, had, like Wilde, only gaiety as a motive ...

WHAT THE BUTLER SAW : Dr. Prentice, a psychiatric doctor in an exclusive private clinic, is attempting to interview (and seduce) an attractive would-be secretary, Geraldine. Unwittingly surprised by his wife, he hides the girl. The affairs multiply as Mrs. Prentice, being seduced and blackmailed by young bellhop Nicholas Beckett, has promised him the secretarial post. When a government inspector arrives, chaos, underpants, and cross-dressing lead the charge. The final tableau reveals “the missing parts of Winston Churchill” held aloft as the curtain falls. The London premiere at the Queen's Theatre in 1969 starred Coral Browne and Sir Ralph Richardson. The New York production later won the Obie Award for Best Foreign Play of the season.