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The Good and Faithful Servant

Full-Length Play, Dark Comedy  /  3w, 3m

Joe Orton

The Good and Faithful Servant
by Joe Orton

This is 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 B…

The Good and Faithful Servant

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 3m
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior

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This is 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 momen's of hilarity to momen's of extreme pathos.
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  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

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Joe Orton

Joe Orton
Joe Orton (1933 – 1967) was born John Kingsley Orton in Leicester and from the age of two, lived on the Saffron Lane council estate. After winning a scholarship to RADA in 1951, he met Kenneth Halliwell, an actor and writer seven years his senior. Halliwell would become Orton ...
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