Prick Up Your Ears

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Publication Year:
2013

ISBN-13: 9781453288757

<DIV><b>This mesmerizing story of playwright and author Joe Orton&rsquo;s brief and remarkable life was named book of the year by Truman Capote and Nobel Prize&ndash;winning novelist Patrick White </b><b><BR></b></div><DIV><BR>Told with precision and extensive detail, <i>Prick Up Your Ears</i> is the engrossing biography of playwright and novelist Joe Orton. Orton&rsquo;s public career spanned only three years (1964&ndash;1967), but his work made a lasting mark on the international stage. From <i>Entertaining Mr. Sloane </i>to his career-making <i>Loot, </i>Orton&rsquo;s plays often shocked, sometimes outraged, and always captivated audiences with their dark yet farcical cynicism. A rising star and undeniable talent, Orton left much undone when he was bludgeoned to death by his lover, Kenneth Halliwell, who had educated Orton and also dreamed of becoming a famous writer. </div><DIV>&#160;</div><DIV><i>Prick Up Your Ears</i> was the basis for the distinguished 1987 film of the same name, directed by Stephen Frears, with a screenplay by Alan Bennett, and starring Gary Oldman and Vanessa Redgrave. A brilliant, page-turning examination of the dueling forces behind Orton&rsquo;s work, <i>Prick Up Your Ears</i> secured the playwright&rsquo;s reputation as a great twentieth-century artist.</div>