With beryl reid, harry andrews, peter mcenery, alan webb. Between the first showing of joe ortons seminal play and the release of douglas hickoxs film in 1970, the world. Sloanthe first radio production of joe ortons notoriously successful play first staged in 1964. There is a warped sense of humour interwoven within the script, and if you can keep up with all of the story threads you do pick up that kath and ed are two very strange individuals, and far more manipulative that sloane himself. One of ortons more unusual talents was the ability to sustain such plots all the way to a tight conclusion, and entertaining mr sloane is a splendid example of that. Kath is dowdy, middleaged, and clearly attracted to young sloane, whose surface show of.
Fifty years ago this week, entertaining mr sloane opened at the arts theatre club in london. Sloane 1970 douglas hickox on allmovie an attractive young charmer by the name of mr. With a cast of four beryl reid and harry andrews as kath and ed, the twisted siblings, peter mcenery as mr sloane, and alan webb as da da this play almost survives intact, and is very well played. Sloane, a handsome, sexy and completely amoral young man, joins kaths household as a lodger and proceeds to manipulate her and her brother, ed. Alec baldwin returns to the new york stage in 2006 for the roundabout theatre companys upcoming offbroadway production of joe ortons entertaining mr. Sloane has been reprised numerous times since ortons 1967 murder, the phoenix theatre ensembles production is particularly disquieting. The film of entertaining mr sloane gets the style and tone right but the rhythms are sometimes a little off. Entertaining mr sloane is a threeact play written in 1963 by the english playwright joe orton. As ed lasciviously quizzes sloane about manly pursuits bodybuilding, wrestling, etc.
Sloane first hit the london stage in 1964 and sent this new style angry young playwrights career soaring only to bring it to a freakish halt just three years later when the thirtyfouryearold orton was bludgeoned to death by his lover. To say miss sloane is a ruthless lobbyist does not even begin to cover it. Sloane was his first play and, when staged in london in the 1960s, made him an instant celebrity. His failed attempt to end it all has just joined a growing list of recent setbacks, which include getting sacked from his accounting job and a separation from his wife janet, who has left to find. Extract from entertaining mr sloane showing ortons edits entertaining mr sloane. This was the second adaptation of the play, the first having been developed for british television and broadcast by itv on 15 july 1968.
Sloane begins with a dowdy, fortyish woman named kath showing her middleclass home to a prospective lodger, a streetwise and coarse twentyyearold boy named sloane whom she had met that afternoon in the public library. Under craig smiths direction, the show features four wholly unsympathetic characters, all of them enmeshed in untenable situations from which there is no escape. Entertaining mr sloane is probably ortons most censorbaiting play, dealing with such issues as homosexuality, nymphomania, sadism, and murder. Film, video four hits and a mister motion picture short film under 30 minutes. Stranger on the shore by robert mellin, acker bilk. Mr sloane is a young man looking for a place to board, who happens by the home of kath, a. The screenplay by clive exton is based on the 1964 play of the same. Sexuality is not fixed in the film, it is more fluid, especially to mr sloane himself. It has type characters, no more than an inch thick.
Douglas hickox, georgie fame, colin green, and colin green. We will retain information submitted to us for possible future use, to help fill in gaps in the data and to help us bring the bbcs broadcast history to life, but we will. Oct 09, 20 movie trailer for joe ortons entertaining mr sloane this feature is not available right now. Beryl reid in entertaining mr sloane 1970 harry andrews and peter. Although one of the 3 main characters is gay and there are homoeroticism undertones, the issue or subject is never addressed head on. Despite its success in performance, and being hailed by sir terence rattigan as the best first play hed seen in thirty odd years, it was not until the london production of loot in 1966 less than a year before joe ortons untimely death that theatre audiences and critics began to more fully appreciate the originality. Sloane is the sexually opportunistic, lowermiddleclass young man who comes to the home of kath and her father as a lodger, accidentally kills kemp at the end of act ii, and ends up as an. Entertaining mr sloane is a hilarious and deliciously black comedy, based on joe ortons sharp, witty and controversial play of the same name. Joe orton became the talk of the town and his short but extraordinary career took flight.
Having the house in the middle of a cemetery instead of a garbage dump i think is a mistake because it takes away a point orton wanted to make with his dialogue. Sharp, alarming and hilarious, entertaining mr sloane is a subversive black comedy of unscrupulous sexual manipulation. Fresh from similarly scandalous adaptation the killing of sister george, reid brings something to the film that is all her own. It was first produced in london at the new arts theatre on 6 may 1964 and transferred to the west ends wyndhams theatre on 29 june 1964. I was living in chicago at the time and i went to the neighborhood theater to see the interesting french mystery swimming pool starring ludivine sagnier and charlotte rampling. May 07, 2014 fifty years ago this week, entertaining mr sloane opened at the arts theatre club in london.
Sloane takes her entire team with her, sans oneher devoted assistant jane alison pill who decides to stay behindto a ragtag lowrent lobbying outfit headed up by rodolfo schmidt mark strong, devoted to pushing through that controversial gun bill. Entertaining mr sloane is dialogue heavy, but this comes from the fact that it was originally a play. Entertaining mr sloane is a play by the english playwright joe orton. Oct 24, 2017 in some ways entertaining mr sloane is an oddity, but it is also a film that is ahead of its time. Entertaining mr sloane bbc two england, 1 february 1981 23. Artful lodger turns rent boy in a seedy menage a trois the new. Mr sloane is a young man looking for a place to board, who happens by the home of kath, a middle.
To be specific about those fly by years, entertaining mr. Based on the joe orton play of the same name, this film deals with a handsome young stranger named sloane peter mcenery who becomes a lodger at an isolated household in the english countryside. Georgie fame somebody stole my thunder entertaining mr. Based on the play by joe orton, this film follows the adventures of two pals who have.
An analysis of the comic elements in a production of joe ortons. Sloane 1970 is a comedy, horror movie starring beryl reid and harry andrews. Aug 27, 2017 entertaining mr sloane is a hilarious and deliciously black comedy, based on joe ortons sharp, witty and controversial play of the same name. Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies. At present this site reflects the contents of the published radio times bbc listings.
Sloane, is a class conscious satire with classic ingredients. High tor wout commercials, 1956 bing crosby, julie andrews. Kath almost immediately hints to sloane that she is willing to have sex with him and reveals that she once. In many ways, the people who have the fixed sexuality kath and ed are the weaker, up to a certain point in the movie. Movie trailer for joe ortons entertaining mr sloane this feature is not available right now. Sloane by eagle 6 productions on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Entertaining mr sloane is a 1970 british black comedy film directed by douglas hickox. Sloane opens with kath showing her prospective new boarder, mr. His failed attempt to end it all has just joined a growing list of recent setbacks, which include getting sacked from his accounting job and a separation from his wife janet. Orton complete plays entertaining mr sloane loot what the butler ruffian erpingham camp. It was first produced in london at the new arts theatre on 6 may. A middleaged sexhungry lady picks up a young man in the local cemetery and brings him home. Sloane s just desserts are not what one would expect. Sloane, it serves the practical purpose of advancing the action several months.
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