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. Orton complete plays entertaining mr sloane loot what the butler ruffian erpingham camp. Oct 09, 20 movie trailer for joe ortons entertaining mr sloane this feature is not available right now. Feb 01, 2009 entertaining mr sloane 4 5 stars 4 out of 5 stars. Fresh from similarly scandalous adaptation the killing of sister george, reid brings something to the film that is all her own. Sloane opens with kath showing her prospective new boarder, mr. Joe orton became the talk of the town and his short but extraordinary career took flight. Sloane has been reprised numerous times since ortons 1967 murder, the phoenix theatre ensembles production is particularly disquieting. At present this site reflects the contents of the published radio times bbc listings. Although one of the 3 main characters is gay and there are homoeroticism undertones, the issue or subject is never addressed head on. Entertaining mr sloane is a play by the english playwright joe orton. Sloane s just desserts are not what one would expect. Sharp, alarming and hilarious, entertaining mr sloane is a subversive black comedy of unscrupulous sexual manipulation. Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies.
Mr sloane is a young man looking for a place to board, who happens by the home of kath, a middle. Alec baldwin returns to the new york stage in 2006 for the roundabout theatre companys upcoming offbroadway production of joe ortons entertaining mr. 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. As ed lasciviously quizzes sloane about manly pursuits bodybuilding, wrestling, etc. Sloane 1970 is a comedy, horror movie starring beryl reid and harry andrews. Entertaining mr sloane is a 1970 british black comedy film directed by douglas hickox. Beryl reid in entertaining mr sloane 1970 harry andrews and peter. Mr sloane is a young man looking for a place to board, who happens by the home of kath, a. Movie trailer for joe ortons entertaining mr sloane this feature is not available right now. Its december 1969 in watford, england, and jeremy sloane is at the end of his rope literally. A middleaged sexhungry lady picks up a young man in the local cemetery and brings him home. 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. Entertaining mr sloane is dialogue heavy, but this comes from the fact that it was originally a play. He is recognized by kemp dadda as the murderer of kemps former employer, whereupon sloane murders kemp.
Sloane was his first play and, when staged in london in the 1960s, made him an instant celebrity. Extract from entertaining mr sloane showing ortons edits entertaining mr sloane. Douglas hickox, georgie fame, colin green, and colin green. It has type characters, no more than an inch thick. To be specific about those fly by years, entertaining mr. Sloane 1970 an english landlady beryl reid and her brother harry andrews like their lodger, a young killer called mr. 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. 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. An analysis of the comic elements in a production of joe ortons.
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. Entertaining mr sloane bbc two england, 1 february 1981 23. 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. Between the first showing of joe ortons seminal play and the release of douglas hickoxs film in 1970, the world.
Entertaining mr sloane is probably ortons most censorbaiting play, dealing with such issues as homosexuality, nymphomania, sadism, and murder. The screenplay by clive exton is based on the 1964 play of the same title by joe orton. 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. Sloane 1970 douglas hickox on allmovie an attractive young charmer by the name of mr. Sloane 1970 cast and crew an english landlady beryl reid and her brother harry andrews like their lodger, a young killer called mr.
Sloanthe first radio production of joe ortons notoriously successful play first staged in 1964. Sexuality is not fixed in the film, it is more fluid, especially to mr sloane himself. 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. Nov 23, 2015 orton complete plays entertaining mr sloane loot what the butler ruffian erpingham camp.
Georgie fame somebody stole my thunder entertaining mr. Entertaining mr sloane is a hilarious and deliciously black comedy, based on joe ortons sharp, witty and controversial play of the same name. High tor wout commercials, 1956 bing crosby, julie andrews. Sloane, is a class conscious satire with classic ingredients.
The film of entertaining mr sloane gets the style and tone right but the rhythms are sometimes a little off. Sloane, it serves the practical purpose of advancing the action several months. 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. Under craig smiths direction, the show features four wholly unsympathetic characters, all of them enmeshed in untenable situations from which there is no escape.
Back in 2003 i was home from work and decided to take in a movie. Nov 25, 2016 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. Fifty years ago this week, entertaining mr sloane opened at the arts theatre club in london. To say miss sloane is a ruthless lobbyist does not even begin to cover it. Stranger on the shore by robert mellin, acker bilk. With nick frost, olivia colman, peter serafinowicz, ophelia lovibond. Film, video four hits and a mister motion picture short film under 30 minutes. Kath almost immediately hints to sloane that she is willing to have sex with him and reveals that she once. Sloane, a handsome, sexy and completely amoral young man, joins kaths household as a lodger and proceeds to manipulate her and her brother, ed. Entertaining mr sloane is a threeact play written in 1963 by the english playwright joe orton. Based on the play by joe orton, this film follows the adventures of two pals who have. 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. 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. 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 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. Sloane by eagle 6 productions on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. With beryl reid, harry andrews, peter mcenery, alan webb. 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. 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. It was first produced in london at the new arts theatre on 6 may.
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